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No sign of foul play in Russian tourist's death on Koh Phangan

The place where the skeleton, believed to be of a missing Russian tourist, was found on Wednesday, on a hillside near a village on Koh Phangan island, Surat Thani. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan)

SURAT THANI: There were no indications of foul play in the death of a Russian tourist missing for four weeks whose body was found on Koh Phangan on Wednesday, police said.

On Wednesday, the still-clothed skeleton of a man was found by villagers clearing land for planting on Khao Raet mountain near Moo 4 village in tambon Koh Phangan.

The remains were believed to be Nikita Grigoryev, 30, a Russian national, who disappeared on Sept 14. His friends filed a police complaint and promised a 35,000 baht reward for whoever found him.

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