Russian oligarch Vladimir Marugov, known as "The Sausage King" because he owned some of the largest meat processing plants in Russia, was murdered today in a sauna at his countryside estate outside Moscow by masked assailants who shot him to death with a crossbow.

Several intruders broke into a sauna at the home of a Russian meat tycoon known as the "Sausage King" outside Moscow early on Monday, tied him and a woman up and demanded money before killing him with a crossbow.

The woman managed to escape the attack in the Moscow region and alert the police but the businessman was dead when officers arrived at the scene, said the Investigative Committee.

According to the Moscow Times, he has been in a highly publicized property rights conflict with his ex-wife since last year.

A crossbow, man ... what a way to go.