The co-owner of a financial services company has killed himself at a top Moscow hotel, in a suicide possibly linked to the strains of the falling ruble, a news report said. The unidentified 70-year-old man shot himself at the National Hotel on Tuesday evening, the Interfax news agency reported, citing sources in law enforcement.
"It is possible that the reason for the suicide was the psychological strain [of the ruble's collapse]," one police source was cited as saying. The ruble has lost more than 50 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar since the turn of the year, and it took a nosedive earlier this week, just ahead of the man's suicide. The five-star National Hotel, located on the corner of the city's Tverskaya Ulitsa, stands opposite the Kremlin.
INC News, 17/12/2014
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