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Spanish police and pathologists found no signs of foul play in the death of one of the founders of NTV Igor Malashenko

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Spanish police and criminologists don’t see signs of foul play in the death of one of the founders of NTV Igor Malashenko. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide by hanging at his home in the resort town of Sotogrande (Costa del Sol).

Final report on the results of the autopsy will be ready in about a month.
The case is considered a court of inquiry N2 of the municipality of San Roque (Andalusia), reports RIA “Novosti” with reference to a source in
High court of Andalusia.

On the death of 64-year-old media Manager, it became known on February 25. TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak said in his telegram channel that we are talking about suicide.

– Georgy Satarov: “Igor Malashenko has become heavier”

In mid-February, the journalist Bozena of Rynska wrote that her husband Igor Malashenko was in the hospital in Latvia and he “will have a long examination in neurology”. According to her, the reason was the protracted divorce proceedings with his ex-wife Malashenko Elena Pivovarova.

After the death Malashenko Bozhena Rynska suggested that it could kill. The woman also said that her husband left no suicide note.

In recognition of the journalist, shortly before the tragedy she had quarreled with her husband, and he flew to Spain alone. Rynska said that the psychological state Malashenko shortly before his death was “canonicorum” from-for difficult financial position. The situation was aggravated by an ex-wife and children of Igor Malashenko, who allegedly spent a significant amount from his account, writes the Daily Storm. According to Bozena Rynska, a husband could lead to suicide.

Igor Malashenko graduated in 1976 the faculty of philosophy of Moscow state University and in 1980 from the graduate school. Then he came to work in the academic Institute of the USA and Canada.

In 1989, Malashenko became the senior assistant of the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee, and in 1990, when Mikhail Gorbachev became President of the USSR, was appointed as a consultant to his office. In fact, Malashenko was responsible for the Gorbachev contacts with the Western press. He was involved in preparing materials for negotiations Gorbachev with foreign leaders, were preparing the visit of George Bush to Moscow, the signing of the start Treaty and Gorbachev’s visit to a meeting “the big seven” in London.

In 1991, after Yegor Yakovlev Malashenko came on the First channel, in 1992, a few months was CEO rgtrk Ostankino. A year later, Malashenko and Vladimir Gusinsky and Yevgeny Kiselyov of NTV was founded. Prior to 1998, Malashenko was President and CEO of the channel.

In 1996, Igor Malashenko, along with Anatoly Chubais and Tatyana Dyachenko became co-head of the Analytical group – alternative election headquarters of Boris Yeltsin, to compete with the official who controlled the security forces, wrote The New Times. Immediately after the victory of Yeltsin proposed Malashenko to lead his administration, but he refused. Later, Malashenko also rejected the proposal to replace Viktor Chernomyrdin as Prime Minister.

In the beginning, after the dissolution of the former command of NTV, Malashenko left for the United States, where until 2009 he was CEO of channel RTVI.

In 2017, Igor Malashenko led the campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate of Ksenia Sobchak.