Mikhail Lesin var en af Putins nærmeste medarbejdere. Han styrede medieafdelingen og var med at bygge op TV-stationen Russia Today. Så trak han seg ud og købte ejendom i Californien for 28 millioner dollar, noe folk i Kongressen fandt mistænkelig.

I november 2015 blev han fundet død på et hotell i Washington. Nå foreligger rapporter som sier at han døde efter massive slag mot hovedet.

Mistanken går uvegerlig i retning Putin, som tog Aleksandr Litvinenko af dage i London med pollonium210.

A former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was found dead in the US last year, died of blunt force trauma to the head, officials say.

Mikhail Lesin also had blunt force injuries to the neck, torso, arms and legs, Washington DC’s chief medical examiner said.

The 57-year-old was found at the city’s Dupont Circle hotel.

Lesin was former Russian press minister and a one-time head of the powerful Gazprom-Media Holding group.

After his death, his family members were quoted by Russian media as saying that he had a heart attack.

Lesin har krysset nogens vej, nogen som er megtige. Deres magt og vilje har været sterk nok til at nå ham i USA. Selv KGB var forsiktige med likvideringer på vestlig territorium. Putin ser ikke ud til at ha nogen skrupler eller begrænsninger.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35781333