Mikhail Lesin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian political advisor
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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Mikhail Lesin
- Mikhail Yuriyevich Lesin (Russian: ?????? ??????? ?????; 11 July 1958 – 5 November 2015) was a Russian political figure, media executive and an adviser to president Vladimir Putin.
- In 2006, he was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", one of Russia's highest state decoration for civilians.
- Lesin was nicknamed the Bulldozer (Russian: ?????????) because of his ability to get virtually all Russian media outlets under the Kremlin's control.Lesin died in a Washington, D.C.
- hotel room under unusual circumstances.
- His family initially said the cause of death was a heart attack, but, after a year-long investigation, Washington's chief medical examiner and federal authorities released a joint statement saying he died of blunt-force trauma to his head sustained in his hotel room, induced by falls amid acute ethanol intoxication.
- A leaked report by Christopher Steele for the FBI said Lesin was bludgeoned to death by men working for an oligarch close to Putin.
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