This was reported by TASS with reference to the senior assistant to the head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Tambov Region Elena Karsna.

“The circumstances of the death of the former official are being established within the framework of a criminal case,” she said.

It is clarified that as one of the causes of Chulkov’s death, a version is considered of bringing him to suicide.

Earlier, the governor of the Tambov region Alexander Nikitin expressed condolences in connection with the death of Chulkov.

More on the topic - in the material RT.