A former Putin MP has died in Moscow after plunging from a window, it’s been reported.
Buvaysar Saitiev, 49, was found in a “serious condition” outside a building on Minskaya Street in the latest mystery death to rock Russia.
The ex-MP, who was also a three-time Olympic wrestling champion, reportedly had no visible injuries or blood.
A janitor who discovered Saitiev on the ground on Sunday said the circumstances were unclear.
He was rushed to hospital but passed away just nine days shy of his 50th birthday.
His widow, Indira Saitiev, told Moskovsky Komsomolets that she believed the fall was an accident.
She said he was not very injured by the fall itself, suffering a nondescript pelvic injury and rib fractures.
“The height was small, so the injuries were not that severe,” Indira explained.
But it soon became clear that the fall did not directly cause his death as reports indicated that Saitiev had suffered a cardiac arrest shortly before dying.
Makhmud Magomedov, executive director of the Freestyle Wrestling Federation of Dagestan, confirmed that lung issues Saitiev had been battling may have been exacerbated by medications he was taking.
He told TASS news agency: “The cause of death was cardiac arrest. He took medications that caused complications.
“His entire family was with him in Moscow, in the hospital.”
Saitiev, a towering 6ft figure from Dagestan, won nine world gold medals in freestyle wrestling before retiring in 2008.
His Olympic triumphs in 1996, 2004, and 2008 made him a legend in his sport.
The death of Buvaysar Saitiev is just the latest in a troubling string of mysterious incidents involving high-profile Russian figures.
A series of deaths — many from falls out of windows — have cast a shadow over the Kremlin and raised suspicions about the safety of those connected to the Russian government and elite circles.
Just last month, Colonel Alexey Zubkov, an employee of the Russian Investigative Committee, survived a 40-foot fall from a bathroom window.
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