Lev Sotskov, a retired Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Major-General, has committed suicide, Report informs, citing Russian media sources.
The incident took place on June 15 in Moscow. The general is believed to have shot himself with a pistol given to him as a reward.
Sotskov's body was found in his apartment. A TT pistol and a note were found near his body.
The general wrote in a note that he received the pistol as a gift when he was a representative of the Mongolian special services.
Lev Sotskov was born in 1932 in Leningrad, a graduate of the Faculty of International Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and worked for more than 40 years in intelligence both abroad and in the central office of the department.