Jon Hellevig
| Jon Hellevig link Website (Journalist, lawyer, businessman) | |
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| Born | 26 February 1962 |
| Died | 26 May 2020 |
Cause of death | heart attack |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Finnish lawyer and businessman who worked in Russia since the early 1990s. | |
Jon Krister Hellevig was a Finnish lawyer and businessman who worked in Russia since the early 1990s. He was the managing partner of the Moscow-based law company Hellevig, Klein & Usov Llc. Hellevig wrote books about Russian legislation and society and wrote columns for Russian media and his own blog.
In his writings, he supported the Russia and the Russian government under Vladimir Putin in general and claimed that Western media are biased or lying about the political situation in Russia.
Death
He died unexpectedly in Moscow on May 26, 2020, during one of the first Covid lockdowns. He had sought treatment for heart complications shortly before his death. He reportedly did not die of COVID-19.[1].