Russian billionaire Dmitry Bosov, whose core asset was a major coal company, was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide near his home in the Moscow region, local officials say. He was 52 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee told the Interfax news agency that relatives found Bosov with a gunshot wound to the head near his home in the town of Usovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A law enforcement source told the TASS news agency that investigators believe Bosov had committed suicide. A Glock 19 Gen 4 pistol was found near his body, according to Interfax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other details were not immediately known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bosov’s net worth was estimated to be $1.1 billion at the time of his death, according to Forbes magazine. His core assets were VostokCoal and the Sibanthracite Group, which unites several coal produces in Siberia. He and a partner also co-founded a company called Blackspace in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you or someone you know needs help, call the U.S. Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, a free and 24\/7 service that can provide suicidal persons or those around them with support, information and local resources. If you\u2019re in the United Kingdom, call the Samaritans at 116123.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Russian billionaire Dmitry Bosov, whose core asset was a major coal company, was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide near his home in the Moscow region, local officials say. He was 52 years old. A spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee told the Interfax news agency that relatives found Bosov with a gunshot wound to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1593,105],"class_list":["post-29414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2020-deaths","tag-russia"],"yoast_head":"\n