DUSHANBE, September 1, 2011, Asia-Plus — Officer from the Russian Presidential Security Service (SBP), Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir Kuznetsov, 38, died suddenly in Dushanbe.
A source at one of Tajik law enforcement agencies says Vladimir Kuznetsov was found dead in one of rooms at Hyatt Regency Hotel Dushanbe yesterday morning.
“Experts from Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry and Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan examined the body and no signs of violent death were found,” the source said.
According to him, Vladimir Kuznetsov arrived in Dushanbe on July 26 and his task was to arrange security and special communication network during Russian president’s visit to Tajikistan.
The Interior Ministry press center reports that according to the preliminary data, the Russian security officer died of heart failure. “The physician who is member of the Russian team confirmed that Kuznetsov had suffered from heart disease,” the Interior Ministry spokesman Mahmadulo Asadulloyev said.
