Overview

• Russian police, citing TASS, said Leontyev jumped from his apartment following a "nervous breakdown."
• Accounts differ on the height of the fall, with reports variously placing it between the fifth and seventh floors.
• Moskovsky Komsomolets reported he had been under severe strain with heart issues and that his wife was recently hospitalised after a fall.
• Exiled journalist Andrey Malgin pointed to Leontyev’s knowledge of Communist Party finances as he questioned the official narrative.
• The case is being discussed as part of an ongoing series of unexplained deaths of prominent Russians since 2022, with recent examples including Andrei Badalov, Roman Starovoit and Alexander Fedotov.