Pro-Putin Russian oligarch with 'secret UK connection' mysteriously found dead in his home

About 40 high-profile Russian figures have died in curious circumstances since the bloody invasion of Ukraine, including "sudden suicides", falls mysterious windows and helicopter crashes

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Another Russian oligarch has mysteriously been found dead after "secretly obtaining the right to live in the UK".

Pro-Vladimir Putin MP and soft drink magnate Nikolay Bortsov was found dead in his home on Sunday.

The 77-year-old multi-millionaire, who held a large stake in Pepsi, is the latest high profile Russian to die after a series of curious deaths.

He is the 40th known person to have been found dead in suspicious circumstances in just over a year.

Bortsov had been sanctioned by the UK for supporting the war in Ukraine.

Nikolay Bortsov, who had mysterious British connections, was found dead (

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He had secretly obtained the right to live in Britain, according to data leaked in 2019.

The oligarch - a member of the main pro-Putin United Russia party - was discovered this weekend at his home in the Lipetsk region.

No cause of death has yet been given.

Bortsov was one of Putin's wealthiest MPs and was worth £450 million. He has always denied holding British citizenship.

He is the last Russian character to die since the tyrant's deadly invasion last February.