Mikhail Lesin, Vladimir Putin's former press minister and head of media giant GazpromMedia, who was found dead in a D.C. hotel last November, died of blunt force trauma according to the medical examiner. The mystery surrounding Lesin's death has fueled intense speculation.  Lesin was under criminal investigation by the FBI for corruption and money laundering connected with his $30 million in luxury real estate holdings in California.  Beyond that, nothing is certain about why he was in America at that time. But dot-connectors in the media are speculating that Lesin was about to make a deal with the FBI that would have torn the cover off illegal business dealings of high-level Russian government officials in the U.S.  It is thought that Lesin knew where the bodies were buried and was murdered to be hushed up. The government is being tight-lipped about any conclusions drawn from the autopsy. Washington Post: A former aide to Russian President...(Read Full Post)