A Russian TV chef who ran a restaurant in central London has been found dead in Serbia. Alexei Zimin, 52, was an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Crimea in 2014. He had spent his final years exiled in London.

The Russian journalist, chef and businessman Alexei Zimin has died at the age of 52, in Serbia, according to media reports.

A prominent Russian chef and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin's regime, who lost a TV competition for criticizing him, was found dead in a Serbian hotel room. Alexei Zimin's sudden death comes with a backdrop of growing threats and mysterious incidents involving exiled Russian dissidents,

Alexei Zimin, a 52-year-old Russian chef and former television presenter who openly opposed Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, was found dead in a hotel in Belgrade. The cause of death remains "unclear.

For us, Alexei was not only a colleague, he was our friend, a close person with whom we were lucky to go through a lot - both good, kind and sad.'