“The body of 32-year-old Janis Timma was discovered in the entrance hall of an apartment building in downtown Moscow. According to unconfirmed reports, the cause of death was a suicide,” an unnamed emergency official told Russian News Agency, TASS, adding that a cell phone was found near Timma’s body.

In more recent times, he faced criticism after revealing his plans of playing professionally in Russia, despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.