This photo taken on August 23, 2002 shows Russian Minister of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Mikhail Lesin during his trip to Vladivostok with Russian president. Controversial Russian media mogul Mikhail Lesin, who helped found the RT English-language television network, has been found dead at a Washington hotel on November 6, 2015. He was 57. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Examiners: Ex-Putin aide killed by blunt force
Medical examiners in Washington say Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was killed by blunt force trauma.
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This photo taken on August 23, 2002 shows Russian Minister of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Mikhail Lesin during his trip to Vladivostok with Russian president. Controversial Russian media mogul Mikhail Lesin, who helped found the RT English-language television network, has been found dead at a Washington hotel on November 6, 2015. He was 57. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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