Russian police are investigating the death of the latest prominent figure to fall to his death from a window.

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow. He was in charge of the famous Soviet newspaper Pravda - or Truth - the main organ of the ruling Communist Party, and continued in the role long after the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Leontyev was seen as knowledgeable about the secret fortune of the party. The veteran publisher died on Saturday evening and police are probing whether it was an accident, suicide or foul play.

Exiled journalist Andrey Malgin posted on the “strange death”, saying: “The window falls continue….

“Leontyev, fell from a window. He was found near his home on Molodogvardeyskaya Street, w

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