Pavel Antov, a Russian lawmaker and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry, died after falling from the third floor of his hotel room while on vacation in India the latest Russian businessman to die under mysterious circumstances this year.
The mysterious fall of Russian MP Pavel Antov occurred just two days after his traveling companion Vladimir Bydanov, 61 (pictured), died in hospital after suddenly taking ill
Pavel Antov had earlier appeared to criticise a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. His co-traveller Vladimir Bydanov had died two days before him. Questions also surround the location of their stay – Rayagada, over 375 kms from Bhubaneswar.
One of Russia’s wealthy lawmakers and a fervent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Pavel Antov, was founded dead after mysteriously falling from a hotel in India’s eastern Odisha state.
The multi-millionaire was on holiday in Rayagada region where he was celebrating his upcoming 66th birthday.
Though local media reports claimed that he jumped from the roof, Russia’s consul general Alexei Idamkin told TASS news agency that he “fell” from a window.