Polisi yo mu Burusiya yatangaje ko Lev Sotkov wahoze ari jenerali mukuru wa KGB akaba n'umuyobozi ushinzwe iperereza mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, bamusanze yapfiriye mu nzu ye i Moscou, nk'uko byatangajwe na polisi yo mu Burusiya.Amakuru abanza yerekana ko Bwana Sotskov w'imyaka 90 yiyahuye akoresheje imbunda yasigaye ku rugamba.

 

Igipolisi cy’Uburusiya cyatangaje ko ku cyumweru ku cyumweru saa sita ku mugoroba umugore wa Sotskov yasanze umurambo we mu bwiherero bw’inzu yabo mu majyepfo y’iburengerazuba bwa Moscou.Sotskoff yarashwe rimwe mu mutwe.Polisi ivuga ko amakuru abanza yerekana ko urwo rupfu rwiyahuye.Ku ruhande rwa Sotskov hari pistolet ya Tokarev TT-30 semiautomatic, hamwe n'inyandiko isobanura ibimenyetso byayo, ivuga ko Sotskov yakiriye ibisigisigi mu ntambara ya Normenkan mu 1989.

 

Serge Ivanov, ukuriye ibiro ntaramakuru SVR yagize icyo avuga ku rupfu rwa Sotkov, yagize ati: "Ikibabaje ni uko umujenerali mukuru ukomeye wa SVR yitabye Imana."Ikinyamakuru cyo mu Burusiya Kommersant cyatangaje ko Sotkov yari arembye cyane kandi ko yabwiye kenshi bene wabo ko "arambiwe ubuzima".Sotkov yavukiye i Leningrad mu 1932, yinjira muri KGB mu 1959 maze amara imyaka irenga 40 akora mu nzego z’ubutasi z’ububanyi n’amahanga n’Uburusiya.