Well-connected Viatcheslav Rovneiko, 59, was found unconscious late at night at his home in an elite gated village near Moscow, according to Russian reports.
Magomed Abdulayev, 61, close to ex-Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, was hospitalised but died from severe injuries in Makhachkala city on the Caspian Sea.
The former prime minister of an oil-rich Russian region has died after he was rammed by a car while crossing a street.
Magomed Abdulayev, 61, close to ex-R
Was it a coincidence? Was it by design? Four senior Russians died suddenly over Christmas. Whatever the cause, the festive season fatalities represent Pres