A conservative member of the German parliament and prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin died of heart failure or overheating after falling asleep in a sauna and there are no signs of foul play, state prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Andreas Schockenhoff, a deputy parliamentary floor leader for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party and former point-man for the German government on relations with Russia, died on Saturday at age 57. He was an outspoken proponent of tough sanctions against Russia after its annexation of Crimea.
A court in his home town of Ravensburg ordered the autopsy to rule out any link between …read more
Source: Voice of America
