Under investigation

Police shedding light on death of Russian L. Gart

26.06.2012 u 21:14

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Split-Dalmatia County police are investigating the death of the president of the Russian Luge Federation, Leonid Gart, who died in Croatia in an accident on Sunday.

The autopsy and a toxicology report will show if there was foul pay involved in the death of the Russian.

Gart, who would have turned 40 in December, was found dead in the waters of the Brac channel and it is assumed that his death was a result of an accident.

According to the media, Gart was a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin.