Putin's spokesman said in response Friday that the Kremlin expected the United States to provide "detailed official information" about Lesin's murky death on November 5. Mikhail Lesin, 57, a former press minister accused of curtailing media freedoms in Putin's Russia, also suffered injuries to his neck, torso and upper and lower extremities, the chief medical examiner said.
The official findings -- made public more than four months after his death -- contradict previous Russian state media reports, citing his family, that said Lesin died of a heart attack.
They also would appear to indicate that he was killed .... http://news.yahoo.com
