The investigation into Mikhail Lesin's death has now been closed after the District of Columbia's chief medical examiner changed the cause of death from "undetermined" to "accident," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement. Blunt force injuries to his head and body were released as the cause of death in March, but authorities didn't say how he got the injuries. LaShon Beamon, director of communications for the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, confirmed Friday that the death has been ruled accidental with the chief cause listed as blunt force trauma to the head. State Department spokesman John Kirby said at the time that State Department officials facilitated communication between Washington, D.C., police and the Russian government. In 1999, he was named Russian media minister and played a key role in getting Putin elected in 2000.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 28, 2016 17:06 UTC