Sputnik Moldova journalist Andrei Petrik has died at the age of 40.

Andrei Petrik, a journalist of the online publication Sputnik Moldova, has died. This was announced on January 14 by Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya international media group and RT TV channel.

"Andrei Petrik, a journalist of our Sputnik Moldova, has died. It was 40 years in total. He worked at Sputnik from the very beginning," the Telegram channel said in a statement.

The editor-in-chief said that Petrik died of a heart attack. Simonyan expressed her condolences to her family and promised to provide the necessary assistance.

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