 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The body of pro-Putin regional politician Vladimir Egorov, 46, has been found after a suspected fall from a third-floor window.
The Tobolsk City Duma dropped to his death from the third-floor window of a home on Kedrovaya Street in Tobolsk in the Tyumen Oblast, Russian Telegram channel Baza, which has links to Russian security services, reported.
Egorov, who was a member of Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Russian state media.
One source said there was 'no visible sign of a criminal death on the [politician's] body'. Pathologists are to examine the cause of death.
His corpse was found in the yard of his house, according to reports.
The body of pro-Putin regional politician Vladimir Egorov, 46, has been found after a suspected fall from a third-floor window.
The Tobolsk City Duma dropped to his death from the third-floor window of a home on Kedrovaya Street in Tobolsk in the Tyumen Oblast, Russian Telegram channel Baza, which has links to Russian security services, reported.
Egorov, who was a member of Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Russian state media.
One source said there was 'no visible sign of a criminal death on the [politician's] body'. Pathologists are to examine the cause of death.
His corpse was found in the yard of his house, according to reports.
Egorov was a prominent and wealthy politician in oil-rich Tobolsk in western Siberia.
According to the 72 news outlet, Egorov may have suffered from heart problems.
'One of the most likely reasons is heart problems,' a source told the publication.
Heart issues are frequently given as the explanation of multiple untimely or suspicious deaths among prominent people in Russia since the start of the war against Ukraine.
How this related to falling around 30ft from a third-floor window is unclear.
The report said: 'In the near future pathologists will conduct an autopsy to establish the true cause of Egorov's death.'
News outlet Baza reported: 'Police are now investigating what exactly caused his fall.'
Egorov was a trained lawyer with business interests. He had earlier been forced to leave the city administration in 2016 after a corruption scandal for which he was ultimately not convicted.
He returned to politics and was the wealthiest local deputy in Tobolsk.
He leaves behind a wife and two children.
One video shows him meeting his son after his return from army conscription.
He is not the only high-ranking figure in Russia whose death from falling out of a window has aroused suspicion since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In June, the glamorous vice-president of a Russian bank reportedly plunged to her death after falling from the window of her Moscow apartment.
Kristina Baikova, 28, an executive at Loko-Bank, allegedly fell from her 11th floor apartment on the Khodynsky Boulevard in the early hours. She died instantly at the scene.
The bank executive was with a 34-year-old friend, thought to be named Andrei, at the time of the incident after inviting him over to her home for drink.
In February, a top Russian defence official was found dead after plunging 160ft from a tower block window.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a house on Zamshina Street in St Petersburg.
She is believed to have fallen from the 16th floor to her death. 
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