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A Ukrainian military pilot accused of shooting down a Malaysia Airlines flight has committed suicide, according to a Ukrainian media report that cites the police. Ukrainian media says 29-year-old Capt. Vladyslav Voloshyn shot himself at his home, but his death is being investigated under the "premeditated murder" section of the Ukrainian penal code. A military service pistol found at the scene is also being looked at. According to the BBC, Voloshyn had been in charge of the Mykolaiv airport after leaving the airforce. Before that, he flew combat missions against Russian-backed rebels, and was described by Ukraine as a war...

1/26/2018: *NEW* FBI Vault release - Mikhail Lesin PDF - "The United States Attorney's Office District of Columbia (UAO-DC) and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) have requested assistance in the homicide investigation of Mikhail Lesin, former Russian political figure, media executive, and an adviser to Vladamir Putin, the President of Russia. On Thursday, November 5, 2015, at approximately 11:32a.m., Lesin, with DOB: 07/11/1958, was found dead inside his hotel room, the Dupont Circle Hotel located at 1500 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. After an autopsy was performed, a Deputy Medical Examiner ruled that the cause of Lesin's death was blunt force...