SVR calls the loss of the veteran historian a "personal tragedy." The former KGB general was found dead in an apparent suicide.
Lev Sotskov, a former Russian intelligence officer, was discovered dead in his Moscow residence on Wednesday, according to authorities. According to police, preliminary evidence indicates that the 90-year-old retired major general killed himself using a weapon he had obtained as a present from Mongolian colleagues.
According to Russian media, which cited poli...