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A 92-year-old scientist who created the first Soviet two-stage RDS-37 thermonuclear bomb has been found hanged in his apartment.
Grigory Klinishov was found dead at his central Moscow home, as Russian investigators said they were probing the death of the nonagenarian atomic expert.
Klinishov was reported to have died on June 17. Officials said a suicide note was found next to his body.
A top secret bomb designer, Klinishov won the Lenin Prize in 1962. He was most well known as one of the creators of the Soviet RDS-37 - a thermonuclear bomb first tested in 1955.
Klinishov's death follows a slew of suspicious deaths of oligarchs and high profile Russians, particularly those linked to business executives at Russian energy giant Gazprom.
Grigory Klinishov was one of the creators of the Soviet RDS-37 - a thermonuclear bomb first tested in 1955
Grigory Klinishov was found dead at his central Moscow home, as Russian investigators said they were probing the death
Klinishov's death follows a slew of suspicious deaths of oligarchs and high profile Russians. Pictured: Vladimir Putin delivers a speech to military school graduates at the Kremlin, Wednesday
Klinishov - whose photograph was never released by the Soviet authorities - was found by his daughter, 67.
The scientist was a creator of the first Soviet two-stage thermonuclear bomb RDS-37, tested on 22 November
