well when car bumps pretty sesar died there was a wave of articles also questioning whether he had died of natural causes is it so surprising that a person in a position of such have a responsibility died from a heart attack. no of course not i mean it's it's a difficult job and unfortunately life expectancy. is lower than in a lot of western countries. the military coaster in russia tends to be a very macho and they would say manly kind of place and they wouldn't i suppose attending doctors and looking after yourself too carefully is considered a time of weakness in that culture and i'm not saying that's the case for. me and he may well have been very diligent but my sources say that he's been battling cancer for several years and one particular source in moscow said that it was a measure of the man that even when he became very sick he refused to abandon his ship he never quit even though in summer he had to reduce to his deputy. who has now taken over completely. director of the agency. russia said g r u has been facing criticism for basically everything from modeling and the us elec