ULev Sotkov, owayesakuba ligosa lezobuntlola esele esidla umhlala phantsi, uLev Sotkov wafunyanwa eswelekile kwiApartment yakhe eMoscow, amapolisa aseRussia athi ngoLwesine, ingxelo yeRT.Ulwazi lwangaphambili lubonisa ukuba uMnu. Sotskov, oneminyaka engama-90, wazibulala ngompu oshiywe edabini.

 

Amapolisa aseRashiya athi inkosikazi kaSotskov ifumene umzimba wakhe kwigumbi lokuhlambela kwiflethi yabo kumazantsi-ntshona eMoscow emini ngeCawe.USotskoff wadutyulwa kwakanye entloko.Amapolisa athi ulwazi lokuqala lubonisa ukuba ukufa kukuzibulala.Kwicala likaSotskov kwakukho i-Tokarev TT-30 semiautomatic pistol, kunye nenqaku elichaza ukuvela kwayo, ephawula ukuba uSotskov wayefumene i-relic kwi-Battle of Normenkan kwi-1989.

 

Ethetha ngokufa kukaSotkov, uSergei Ivanov, intloko ye-ofisi yeendaba ze-SVR, wathi: "Ngelishwa, i-SVR enkulu ebalaseleyo idlulile."Iphephandaba laseRashiya i-Kommersant labika ukuba uSotkov wayegula kakhulu kwaye wayexelele ngokuphindaphindiweyo izihlobo zakhe ukuba "ukhathele ubomi".Wazalelwa eLeningrad ngo-1932, uSotkov wajoyina i-KGB ngo-1959 waza wachitha iminyaka engaphezu kwama-40 esebenza kwiSoviet kunye neRashiya yangaphandle kunye nobukrelekrele obuphakathi.