Anna Tsareva was editor of pro-Putin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda (Picture: e2w)
The 35-year-old deputy editor of Vladimir Putin’s ‘favourite newspaper’ has been found dead at her home in mysterious circumstances.
Anna Tsareva, deputy editor of pro-Putin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was found unresponsive at her Moscow apartment after her father became worried he hadn’t seen her for a few days.
Initial reports say there was no indication of a break-in to her apartment nor any ‘signs of a violent death’.
It is known she had developed an unspecified acute respiratory viral infection, and had suffered a high fever for several days.
However, Shot media reported today that it is suspected she died of ‘acute heart failure’.
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