"On July 25 of this year, the investigation department of the regional IC of Russia received a message about the death of a man born in 1957 in the local area of ​​the urban-type settlement of Zharkovsky, Tver region, as a result of cotton," the ministry said in a statement.

On the fact of the incident, a pre-investigation check was organized.

Investigators and forensic experts work at the scene.

Earlier, investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of a gas explosion in a hotel in Gelendzhik, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports.