The good friend of a Russian sausage tycoon who seemingly leapt to his demise from the roof of a resort in India died from a coronary heart assault linked to drug abuse and binge ingesting, a neighborhood police chief insisted.
Vladimir Bydanov, 61, died in hospital after out of the blue falling unwell. Indian police insisted he died of a coronary heart assault, presumably caused by ingesting and drug abuse
Multi-millionaire Pavel Antov, a lawmaker of the pro-Putin get together United Russia, was celebrating his upcoming 66th birthday in Rayagada when he was discovered mendacity useless in a pool of blood exterior a luxurious resort on Saturday.
However the mysterious fall occurred simply two days after his touring companion Vladimir Bydanov, 61, died in hospital after out of the blue taking unwell.
‘All attainable angles almost about the deaths of two Russian nationals are being verified,’ regional police chief Rajesh Pandit advised the AFP information company yesterday night.
‘To date, it appears that evidently Antov by accident fell from the resort terrace,’ he stated, earlier than including Bydanov’s demise had probably been brought on by binge ingesting and a attainable drug overdose – although Indian authorities are nonetheless awaiting the autopsy outcomes.
Russian MP Pavel Antov, 65, who beforehand criticised the conflict in Ukraine, was discovered useless in India on Saturday, having seemingly tumbled from the roof of a resort
Police chief Pandit posited that Antov could have killed himself by leaping from the roof terrace of the Sai Worldwide Lodge in a match of grief over the passing of his companion Bydanov.
‘He was most likely disturbed by the demise of his good friend and went to the resort terrace and certain fell to his demise from there,’ the police chief stated.
However the circumstances surrounding the pair’s deaths are removed from conclusive.
The Russian Consul Basic in Kolkata Alexei Idamkin advised TASS that Antov ‘fell’ out of a resort window, fairly than falling or leaping from the resort roof.
‘We’re carefully following the investigation and receiving all the knowledge from the Odisha police,’ the diplomat stated.
Police stated they have been reviewing CCTV footage, questioning resort workers and have been ready on remaining autopsy stories, however to date there was no signal of foul play.
Each our bodies have already been cremated.
Antov died on the Lodge Sai Worldwide, Rayagada, India, however occasions round his demise are disputed
Antov, an MP within the legislative meeting of the Vladimir area close to Moscow, was listed as Russia’s highest-earning elected official in 2019 by Forbes Russia, having earned an eye-watering £130million that yr.
The lawmaker made his fortune within the meat trade, having based meals processing enterprise ‘Vladimirsky Standart’.
In June, Antov criticised the conflict and air strikes on Kyiv as Russian ‘terror’ wounding Ukrainian civilians.
He highlighted a Russian missile strike and stated: ‘A woman has been pulled out from beneath the rubble, the lady’s father seems to have died.
‘The mom is attempting to be pulled out with a crane – she is trapped beneath a slab. To inform the reality, this can be very troublesome to name this something aside from terror.’
However he shortly withdrew the remark and made a groveling apology, claiming his submit on social media had been ‘an unlucky misunderstanding’ and a ‘technical error’.
He insisted he had ‘all the time supported the president’ and ‘sincerely’ backed the targets of Putin’s navy operation – however native journalists strongly disputed this.
The married tycoon, an MP within the legislative meeting in Vladimir area, was listed as Russia’s highest-earning elected official in 2019
The MP was travelling with the late Bydanov in addition to two different Russian nationals, named by the Occasions of India as Natalia Pansasenko, 44, and her husband Mikhail Turov, 64.
Diplomat Mr Idamkin stated: ‘There was a tour group of 4 staying at a resort in Rayagada.
‘Final Thursday, a Russian man referred to as Vladimir B. died. In response to the police, the reason for this was a coronary heart assault.
‘On Saturday, a second Russian, deputy of the Legislative Meeting of the Vladimir Area, Pavel Antov, fell out of the window.’
Antov’s demise on the Sai Worldwide Lodge was confirmed by the vice-speaker of the Vladimir legislative meeting Vyacheslav Kartukhin.
‘On account of tragic circumstances, our colleague, a profitable entrepreneur, and philanthropist Pavel Genrihovich Antov, handed away,’ his submit stated.
‘On behalf of the deputies of the United Russia faction, I categorical my deep condolences to the household and buddies.’
However the circumstances of Antov and Bydanov are simply the most recent in a protracted line of Russian oligarchs and enterprise tycoons who met an premature finish since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Dmitry Zelenov, an actual property tycoon, died on December 9 within the French Riviera city of Antibes.
The oligarch, 50, was out to dinner with some buddies when he started feeling unwell and tumbled down a flight of stairs, sustaining severe head accidents, in response to Russian information outlet Baza and native French outlet Var Matin.
He was rushed to hospital however docs have been unable to avoid wasting him and his demise was confirmed by the general public prosecutor within the close by municipality of Grasse the next day.
