Died former general director of KamAZ Nikolay Bekh

"On the eve of about 23:00 at the age of 75, the Russian industrialist and scientist Nikolai Bekh died," the message says.

Bech was in charge of the company in 1987-1997.

Earlier, at the age of 85, one of the founders of the Higher School of Economics, Professor Lev Lyubimov, died.