US EditionRussian 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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Russian Businessman with Epstein Ties Found Dead in Moscow
The body of a prominent Russian businessman found in a luxury Moscow apartment has reignited international interest in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Umar Dzhabrailov, a man who once moved in the highest echelons of both Russian politics and global high society, was found dead this week in what authorities are describing as an apparent suicide. The discovery follows shortly after newly unsealed court documents detailed his intimate connection to G…
The Epstein case resurfaces with the troubling death of Umar Dzhabrailov, a businessman and former Russian senator. Found in his luxury residential complex in Moscow with a gunshot wound to the head,...
A name related to the Epstein case resurfaces in troubling circumstances. The Russian businessman Umar Dzhabrailov, former senator, was found dead in a blood pool, with a gunshot wound to the head on Monday, March 2, in his luxury residential complex Vesper Tverskaya in Moscow, reports the media The Sun. An investigation was opened by the Russian authorities, who favored at this stage the trail of suicide. Russian billionare Umar Dzhabrailov who…
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