The abrupt death came just two days after the mogul's 65th birthday.
Budanov had a pre-existing heart condition and"had alcohol on an empty stomach" the night before he died.
A wealthy lawmaker from Russia's Vladimir region, Antov made headlines this summer as he condemned Russia’s airstrikes on Ukraine—lamenting"it's extremely hard to call this anything other than terror"—only to later edit the post, calling it a misunderstanding, and stress that he had always supported the Russian president.
Antov is only the latest Russian tycoon mysteriously facing an untimely death: On December 4, real estate baron and one-time billionaire Dmitry Zelenov, 50, died while visiting friends on the coast of France after suddenly becoming ill during dinner and then falling down a flight of stairs, according to FrenchLast month, Viktor Cherkesov, a longtime ally and deputy of Russian President Vladimir Putin who was fired in 2007 after...
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