UK Based Russian Millionaire Found Dead In His Mansion

A Russian oil and gas tycoon Mikhail Watford was found hanged in the garage of his Surrey mansion in United Kingdom (UK) in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine ongoing conflict.

According to reports by Surrey police, the Ukrainian-born millionare, 66, was found hanging in his garage by a gardener at his Wentworth estate in Virginia Water, Surrey on Monday, according to the Sun.

Police are treating father-of-three Mikhail Watford’s death as ‘unexplained’, but it is not thought to be suspicious.

“An investigation into the circumstances of the death is underway but it is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances at this time,” police said.

The news of Mr Watford’s death emerged on the day Boris Johnson told the Commons that he will publish a full list of people associated with Vladimir Putin‘s regime, a significant proportion of whom will face sanctions.

Police were called after the property magnate, who is not among those oligarchs already sanctioned, was found dead at midday on Monday.

According to reports by The Sun, a family friend said that Watford’s state of mind could have been rattled over the war in Ukraine, launched by Russia last week.

‘The timing of his death and the invasion of Ukraine was surely not coincidental,’ the source told the newspaper. Another associate told The Sun Watford’s death ‘raises questions’ after other suspicious deaths of Russian nationals.

Western governments have imposed sanctions on some individuals, including a list of powerful, wealthy businessmen and women known as oligarchs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have also been sanctioned. Their assets in the US, EU, UK and Canada will be frozen. The US has imposed a travel ban on both of them.

On Wednesday, the US targeted the assets of eight more oligarchs and officials, including business tycoon Alisher Usmanov.

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