Pavel Antov — a Russian politician and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry — has died suddenly during a holiday in India this week.
Indian police have formed a crime team to investigate the death of one of Russia's richest politicians at an Indian hotel.He died earlier this week in OdishaPavel Antov founded Russian sausage company Vladimir Standard and was a member of parliament in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow.
However, police have now confirmed to the ABC that they have launched a criminal investigation into the incident. Officers are also speaking to a Russian couple who were travelling with Mr Antov and they have been moved to crime investigation headquarters in the Odisha city of Cuttack.Indian politician questions cremation of bodies
The message was deleted and Mr Antov later posted on Russian social media that it was shared in error, saying he was a "patriot of my country" and backed the war. "I think the fact that, for whatever reason, it was decided that they be cremated in India, rather than the bodies being repatriated back home.Mr Tewari has previously called for India to support a UN vote to condemn the Ukraine war.Mr Antov was a member of the United Russia party, which is a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin and was formerly headed by the president.
Some were critics of Mr Putin's invasion of Ukraine, giving rise to conspiracy theories that they were killed.Last week, a major Russian shipyard specialising in building submarines announced that its general director, Alexander Buzakov, had died "suddenly".Oligarch and chairman of Russian oil company Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died in September after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Reuters.
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