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Russian Businessman and Ex-Senator Linked to Ghislaine Maxwell Dead by Apparent Suicide

Umar Dzhabrailov, 67, died by apparent suicide in Moscow days after DOJ files revealed his close ties to Ghislaine Maxwell, sparking scrutiny over his death.

  • On March 2, 2026, Chechen businessman and former Federation Council Senator Umar Dzhabrailov was found dead in the Vesper Tverskaya residential complex in central Moscow with a gun nearby, Russian media reported his death as a suicide.
  • The U.S. Department of Justice files include a May 2001 email from Dzhabrailov to Maxwell stating, 'Dear Ghislaine,I'm back from London,planing 2 B in Moscow',
  • He was hospitalized at 3 a.m. and doctors were unable to save him, after a 2020 prior suicide attempt and recovery from an earlier one six years ago.
  • Police launched a preliminary investigation into Umar Dzhabrailov's death, while law enforcement officials have not publicly commented amid conflicting media accounts on the scene.
  • Reports indicate Umar Dzhabrailov, a former senator and owner of Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, faced business problems linked to the war, with his corporate account allegedly frozen ten days before his death.
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EADaily broke the news in on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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