Tag Mikhail Lesin

Blunt force to a patriot’s head

It was not a heart attack, contrary to earlier reports in the Russian media: On Thursday, more than four months later, one of the questions surrounding Mr. Lesin’s death was answered: The office of the chief medical examiner in Washington announced…

Death of a patriot

The only thing to be regretted about the demise of this man, at 57, is that it happened at a posh D.C. hotel rather than at a high-security federal facility or, better yet, a Guantánamo. Mikhail Lesin played a leading…