Russian newspaper head mysteriously falls 70ft to his death from a window

Russian police are investigating yet another prominent figure who fell to his death from a window in western Moscow.

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, fell 70ft from his home on Saturday evening.

He was the former head of Soviet newspaper Pravda, meaning Truth, which was the main organ of the ruling Communist Party, and continued in his role long after the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Leontyev was seen as knowledgeable about the secret wealth of the Kremlin.

Police are probing whether it was an accident, suicide or foul play, but it’s the latest death by a window fall in Russia.

Exiled journalist Andrey Malgin wrote about the ‘strange death’, saying: ‘The window falls continue. Leontyev fell from a window. He was found near his home on Molodogvar