Ex-Putin adviser’s death in Washington hotel an ‘accident’

US officials say the death of a former Vladimir Putin adviser, whose body was found in a Washington DC hotel with extensive injuries, was an “accident”. According to the DA of DC “Acute ethanol intoxication” was a contributory cause of Mikhail Lesin’s death on 5 November of 2015. The 57-year-old was found dead alone in his Dupont Circle Hotel room.