Vice-governor Of Russia's Leningrad Region Found Murdered In His Home

• 20.06.2025, 8:25

The official was found dead with a gunshot wound.

The vice-governor of Russia's Leningrad Region, Igor Petrov, was found dead in a country house with a gunshot wound on June 19, the 78.ru publication reported, citing a source.

The official's body was found in a country house in the village of Yukki, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Region. There are no signs of forced entry, presumably he received the fatal wound while cleaning a shotgun.

Information about the death of the vice-governor was confirmed in the administration of the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation. They said that Petrov died suddenly at the age of 65, but did not specify the cause of death.

The post of vice-governor of the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation Igor Petrov held since 2017.