WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Investigators ruled the death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin an accident after "days of excessive consumption of alcohol."
Mikhail Lesin, Putin's former press minister, died as a result of blunt force injuries to his head, neck, torso and upper and lower extremities "which were inducted by falls with acute ethanol intoxication," the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.