Cyprus investigates ‘sinister’ death of Russian diplomat said to have been GRU spy

Apparent suicide of Alexei Panov comes after disappearance of oligarch Vladislav Baumgertner and amid corruption scandal

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Authorities in Cyprus are investigating the “unnatural death” of a diplomat at the Russian embassy.

“The incident at the embassy is being treated as an unnatural death because it seems, based on the autopsy, it was a suicide,” said Cyprus’s police spokesperson, Vyron Vyronos.

The death comes as police also seek to get to the bottom of a corruption scandal rocking the country.