Pavel Antov

His death was regarded as suspicious due to him having earlier sent out messages on WhatsApp criticising Russia's attacks on Ukraine during the 2022 invasion, which he had to later retract in June 2022 through a post he made on the VK social media platform. Antov's death is amongst similar suspicious deaths involving Russian businessmen who spoke out against the invasion.

On 21 December 2022, he along with three other fellow Russian tourists, including his close friend businessman Vladimir Bidenov, checked into Hotel Sai International in Rayagada in the eastern Indian state of Odisha along with their local guide.

In 2019, Forbes Russia listed him as the richest deputy in Russia, and he was listed as the current vice president and minority share-holder of Vladmirsky Standart, a major manufacturer of sausage products in Russia.

As of 2019, he was serving as the vice president of Vladmirsky Standart and was a minority share-holder.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the hospital in which he was working closed, and he did various businesses. In the year 2000 he founded "Vladmirsky Standart", a major manufacturer of meat and sausage products. The company's yearly revenue was estimated to be 11.56 billion rubles with a net profit of 553 million rubles by SPARK-Interfax.

In 1985 he moved to the city of Vladimir and worked as a psychiatrist and eventually became a deputy of the district council. He got married and had a daughter named Anechka around the age of 30.

Antov died after reportedly falling out of a window at Hotel Sai International in Rayagada in the Indian state of Odisha while on holiday there to celebrate his 65th birthday. His death came just two days after his close friend, businessman Vladimir Bidenov, died at the same hotel from a suspected heart problem.

Pavel Genrikhovich Antov (Russian: Павел Генрихович Антов; 22 December 1957 – 24 December 2022) was a Russian politician and businessman who served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Vladimir Oblast.