POLICE are probing the death of a Ukrainian born oligarch who was found in his home on a luxury UK estate.
Officers were called to the home of Mikhail Watford around 12pm on Monday, February 28.
Watford, who changed his name from Tolstosheya after moving to the UK in the early 2000s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are treating his death as unexplained but not suspicious.
The oligarch, who made his fortune in oil and gas, was born in 1955 in then-Soviet Ukraine.
He lived in the UK with his Estonian wife Jane, according to a Times profile from 2015.
The luxury estate where they lived was where former Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet was kept under house arrest before his extradition, according to the BBC.
Police said in a statement: "We were called around midday on Monday 28 February following reports of the discovery of a man’s body at an address in Portnall Drive, Wentworth.
"An ambulance was called but the man, who was in his 60s, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin are aware and are being supported by specially trained officers.
"An investigation into the circumstances of the death is under way but it is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances at this time."
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