Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead after falling from a hotel in India, and the multi-millionaire is the latest high-profile critic of Putin’s war in Ukraine to have died from a mysterious fall.
Wealthy Pavel Antov, from the main pro-Putin party, United Russia, had been on a holiday to celebrate his impending 66th birthday.
He always criticised Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as ‘terror’ before he was found dead after a mysterious fall from a hotel in India.
This comes after a male friend in Antov’s party had died from a heart attack on Thursday last week, now the wealthy regional politician perished two days later.
The married tycoon, who is an MP in the legislative assembly in Vladimir region, was listed as Russia’s highest-earning elected official in 2019.
Indian media reports say the Antov jumped from the roof of the hotel and was found in a pool of blood, however, the Russian Consul General in Calcutta Alexei Idamkin told TASS that the Russian meat mogul fell out of a hotel window in Rayagada, Odisha state.
Alexei Idamkin said: ‘We are closely following the investigation and receiving all the information from the Odisha police.’
Antov’s Indian guide rushed him to hospital but he was declared dead by a doctor.
