Actor Alexey Devotchenko died

In Moscow, actor and civil activist Alexei Devotchenko died. It is reported by Lifenews. The body states the body was discovered by a friend of the deceased, in whose apartment he lived. Devotchenko lay at the front door in a pool of his own blood.

According to Lenta.ru, the corpse of the artist was discovered in the north of the capital, at the address of Altufevskoye Shosse, 100.

The editor -in -chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov on his Twitter said that the actor was killed. Meanwhile, Interfax, citing the official representative of the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Julia Ivanov, reports that no external signs of violent death on the body of the deceased were found. "A forensic medical examination has been appointed, which should establish the cause of the death of the actor," Ivanova also said.

On Thursday morning, the same agency, citing a certain source in law enforcement agencies, reported that, among the possible causes of Devotchenko’s death, an attack of acute cardiovascular failure was considered. External damage, the interlocutor of Interfax added, there are really on the body of the deceased - this is in particular abrasions on the legs and head injury. Nevertheless, experts are not sure that the actor died precisely because of these injuries.

Devotchenko was born in 1965 in Leningrad. He began to play on stage as a schoolboy. In 1990, he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. He worked in particular at the St. Petersburg Theater. Lensoveta, Theater at Litein, Alexandrinsky Theater, the Great Drama Theater. Tovstonogov. Since 2011, he played in Moscow: first in the capital's Youth Theater, then in the Moscow Art Theater.

The actor also starred in more than 20 films and television series.

Devotchenko was known for an active civil position. In the 2000s, he was a member of the United Civil Front, participated in the marsh of disagreements. In March 2010, the appeal "Putin must leave." In November 2011, he abandoned the title of Honored Artist of Russia and two state awards.

In March 2014, the actor acted as one of the signatures of the letter of the cinema union "We are with you!" In support of the Ukrainian revolution, dignity.

Devotchenko was one of the bloggers of the "faces" .