The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact death of football player from Chuvashia Alexei Lesin in Sochi. This was reported to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.
The case was opened under the article of causing death by negligence.
The Investigative Committee reported that the man was noticed in the water by passers-by on the morning of November 6. They pulled him ashore. Before this, the man was relaxing in a bar with colleagues, and then left the company and went to the sea.
“A forensic medical examination was ordered, according to preliminary findings of which the man’s death was caused by drowning,” the report says.
Investigative actions in the case continue.