The pilot involved in the helicopter crash which killed one of Vladimir Putin's top prosecutors was found with two bullets in his body, it has been claimed today. Deputy prosecutor-general Saak Karapetyan - a former MP and long-time ally of Putin - died Wednesday, died when his AS-350 helicopter came down in Kostroma region northeast of Moscow on Wednesday. Veselnitskaya led a pro-Moscow campaign to overturn anti-corruption laws imposing sanctions on key senior Russian officials and organisations. Dorenko retorted: 'We have the official version that the pilot mistakenly touched the trees and the helicopter fell to the ground. Reports say Karapetyan and his nephew Arutyunyan, 47, a senior customs official, were using the helicopter for a hunting trip.

Source: Daily Mail October 07, 2018 14:26 UTC