“The embassy confirms the death of the founder of the Forex Club company Vyacheslav Taran in a helicopter crash near the city of Villefranche-sur-Mer in southern France,” RIA Novosti quoted the diplomatic mission as saying.
It is specified that representatives of the Russian consulate in Villefranche keep in touch with the relatives of the deceased.
Earlier it was reported that Vyacheslav Taran died in a plane crash in Monaco.