Shanghai police see no foul play in Russian teen’s death

SHANGHAI: Shanghai police have ruled out foul play and cast doubt on allegations that overwork contributed to the death of a 14-year-old Russian model after she took part in Shanghai Fashion Week last month.

The death of Vlada Dzyuba in a Shanghai hospital on October 27 threw a spotlight on the murky world of foreign models in China—many from the former Soviet Union—and raised questions over why a minor was working abroad without a proper guardian.