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 police sources, Sotskov's wife found his body inside the bathroom of their residence in southwest Moscow on Wednesday about midday. He suffered a head wound from a bullet.
"According to initial information, the cause of death was suicide," authorities told the media. A Tokarev TT-30 semi-automatic pistol was beside Sotskov, together with a note detailing where it originated from.
“The pistol is a relic of the battles on the Khalkhin-Gol River. I received it when I was an envoy to the Mongolian...
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