Overview
- Russian police say they are investigating whether Vyacheslav Leontyev’s death was an accident, suicide or foul play after he was found outside his western Moscow building.
- Reports differ on the exact height and exit point, but multiple outlets say he fell roughly 70 feet from his apartment on Molodogvardeyskaya Street on Saturday.
- A police source quoted by TASS said investigators suspect Leontyev threw himself from a fifth‑floor window after a nervous breakdown.
- The tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets reported his wife was recently hospitalized and that he had heart problems on the day he died, claims that were published without evidence.
- Leontyev led the Pravda publishing house from 1984 and continued after it became Pressa, and an exiled journalist said he knew a great deal about Communist Party finances.