Fifty-two-year-old businessman Igor Kotelnikov died in a Moscow detention center on July 8, the independent Russian outlet Mediazona reported on July 12. According to Eva Merkacheva, a member of the Human Rights Council, Kotelnikov died after being held in a punishment cell, allegedly due to a blood clot, which she described as a common cause of death in the Russian Federal Penitentiary System (FSIN). Kotelnikov was accused of bribing of top officials in the Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) to win large contracts. He was repeatedly visited in pre-trial detention by FSB officers who “pressured” h…