A Russian regional MP fell to his death from the third floor of a hotel in India. The Indian police are currently investigating whether it was a suicide or an accident, a police inspector told the Hindustan Times newspaper on Tuesday. The 65-year-old Pawel Antow was in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to celebrate his birthday, it said.
Most recently, several influential Russian businessmen and millionaires died in unusual ways. The case of Antov, who became wealthy as a meat and sausage manufacturer and was a member of the Kremlin’s United Russia party, caused a stir in the media in Moscow and Ukraine. Ukrainian media recalled that Antov described Russia’s war as terror on social media. He withdrew the post and swore allegiance to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s system, it said.
The regional parliament in Vladimir published a letter of condolence. The deputies were shocked by the “tragedy”, Antow was full of energy and plans. He was also one of the most active patrons of cultural projects in the region. It was a great loss for the region, they said.
Three days before Antow’s death on Sunday, one of his three companions died of a heart attack in the same hotel, the police inspector told the Indian news agency ANI. Antow was depressed after the death of his friend. Both bodies were then cremated. The Russians’ Indian guide told ANI they had alcohol with them when they checked into the hotel and that they were drunk.
In early September, the chairman of the board of directors of the oil company Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died after falling out of a Moscow hospital window. In April, former deputy head of Gazprombank Vladislav Avayev was found dead in his Moscow apartment with his wife and daughter. Investigators said the 51-year-old killed his family and himself. Residents of the house doubted that.
