U-Lev Sotkov, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu se-KGB nowayeyisikhulu sezobunhloli eselathatha umhlalaphansi, utholakale eshonile efulethini lakhe eliseMoscow, kusho amaphoyisa aseRussia ngoLwesine, kubika i-RT.Ulwazi lokuqala luveza ukuthi uMnu. Sotskov, 90, uzibulele ngesibhamu esasisele enkundleni yempi.

 

Amaphoyisa aseRussia athi unkosikazi kaSotskov uthole isidumbu sakhe endlini yokugezela efulethini labo eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeMoscow emini ngeSonto.USotskoff udutshulwe kanye ekhanda.Amaphoyisa athi imininingwane yokuqala iveza ukuthi umufi ubengokuzibulala.Ohlangothini lukaSotskov kwakukhona isibhamu se-Tokarev TT-30 semiautomatic, kanye nenothi elichaza ukuvela kwaso, ephawula ukuthi uSotskov wayethole insalela eMpini YaseNormenkan ngo-1989.

 

Ephawula ngokufa kukaSotkov, uSergei Ivanov, inhloko yehhovisi labezindaba le-SVR, uthe: "Ngeshwa, ujenene omkhulu we-SVR ovelele ushonile."Iphephandaba laseRussia i-Kommersant libike ukuthi uSotkov wayegula kakhulu futhi wayezitshele kaningi izihlobo zakhe ukuthi "ukhathele ukuphila".Wazalelwa eLeningrad ngo-1932, uSotkov wajoyina i-KGB ngo-1959 futhi wachitha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 esebenza kwezobunhloli baseSoviet naseRussia bangaphandle naphakathi.