RT Founder, Putin Associate Found Dead in DC Hotel

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It's unclear why the long-time adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Washingtonhttp://hw.infowars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/akex-jones-rt-founder.jpg (http://www.infowars.com/rt-founder-putin-associate-found-dead-in-dc-hotel/)A prominent Russian millionaire with high-level ties to the Kremlin has been found dead inside a Washington hotel, a Russian official and a senior U.S. official told ABC News.Mikhail Lesin, the former head of media affairs for the Russian government who’s been accused of curtailing the country’s press freedoms, had been staying at Hotel Dupont when he was found Thursday, according to officials.
It’s unclear why the long-time adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin (http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/world/vladimir-putin.htm) was in Washington, but the Metropolitan Police Department is now investigating his death. On Thursday, U.S. authorities notified the Russian embassy in Washington that one of its citizens had died, and Russian officials are now working with American authorities to determine the circumstances of the death, the embassy told ABC News in a statement.
Citing an ongoing investigation, an MPD spokesman would only confirm the department is conducting a “death investigation.”
Lesin is credited with creating Russia Today, the English-language news network backed by the Russian government. Now known as RT, the network “provides an alternative perspective on major global events, and acquaints an international audience with the Russian viewpoint,” according to its website.

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Police in Washington, DC have launched a formal investigation into the death of Mikhail Lesin, the former Russian press minister whose body was found this week at the city's Dupont Circle Hotel.
Russian media outlets quoted officials as saying the 57-year-old Lesin, a founder of the Russia Today (RT) news network, died of an apparent heart attack on Wednesday night but his body wasn't discovered until Thursday.
"Our consular officials had an opportunity to confirm that the Russian national who passed away in DC is indeed Mikhail Lesin," a spokesperson of the Russian Embassy in the United States told Sputnik News (http://sputniknews.com/world/20151107/1029731718/lesin-died-in-washington.html#ixzz3qopwECAy). "Out of respect to the privacy and sensitivity of the matter we are not at liberty to disclose any other information, and would ask you to refer all further requests to his family and the law enforcement officials."
A Washington, DC police spokesman confirmed to VICE News that an investigation is underway, but declined to provide additional details.
Lesin created the iconic "Vote with your heart" and "I believe, I love, I hope" campaign commercials for former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and headed the Kremlin's public relations office from 1996 to 1997. His extensive track record included serving as a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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