Former KGB General Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

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...

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