The Alleged Reason a Putin Associate Was ‘Murdered’ Will Startle You

The death from a ‘heart attack’ of a longtime close ally of Vladimir Putin in a Washington hotel has led to a swirl of speculation that he was murdered on Moscow’s orders after offering to help the FBI.

Mikhail Lesin, 57, was announced last weekend to have been found dead in the US capital. He was a Svengali figure for Putin, who was alleged to have menaced the Russian media into idolizing the strongman president . . .

Former Russian vice premier Alfred Kokh openly asked this week whether Lesin could have been murdered – like a new Alexander Litvinenko, a Putin foe poisoned by radioactive polonium poured into his tea in London nine years ago.

Kokh spoke amid fears in Moscow that he was ready to trade his inside knowledge of the Putin court for an end to any American investigation into the propriety of his wealth . . .

‘Maybe they were afraid that Lesin was telling the FBI something in return for suspending the investigation?’ (Read more from “The Alleged Reason a Putin Associate Was ‘Murdered’ Will Startle You” HERE)

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