Official authorized the Ministry of defense major General Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian soldier-the contract employee Vadim Kostenko committed suicide in the Syrian Arab Republic, and called All other versions insinuations. "data about death in the end suicide the soldier of contract service at the airbase "Hamim" officially confirmed by us immediately after the provisions for incidents such procedures of inquiry┘ All the others as if to "version" the tragic death of a Russian soldier-the contract employee, published in Russian and most foreign media, are intentional insinuations and does not correspond to reality ", - said Konashenkov. according to his statement, in the course of preliminary proceedings were set the circumstances of his death, " uniquely considered to be the cause of suicide - is a disorder of personal relationships with a girl ", RIA " Novosti "." Unfortunately, such tragedies are the exception and in the other armies of the world, because not connected with military service and with age and personality specific young men, " added Konashenkov. On Wednesday the Chief military Prosecutor's office began checking on the fact of death within the Russian military base in the Syrian Arab Republic soldier Vadim Kostenko. On Tuesday, the defense Ministry said that at the airbase Hamim in the Syrian Arab Republic as a result of suicide died a soldier-the contract employee. It stressed that, according to unverified information received as well as among them on the basis of the analysis of SMS messages in the phone of the soldier-the contract employee, the cause of death was a disorder in personal relationships with a girl. On the same day the group of bloggers, followers in social networks data about the actions of Russian military in the Ukraine and in the Syrian Arab Republic, was reported dead in the Arab Republic of 19-year-old contractor Vadim Kostenko. For example, blogger Ruslan Leviev found the message about the death of the military in social networks "Vkontakte" and contacted loved ones Kostenko. At the same time magazine the wall Street Journal published an article about the participation of Russia in the military conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, where they informed about the availability of the first casualties among Russian troops. This printed publication received a comment from a source in the Russian defense Ministry, who confirmed the death, but said that the military did not die from the fighting, and as a result of careless handling of weapons.