The former deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Combating Extremism, Police Major General Vladimir Makarov, committed suicide, TASS reports citing a source. Moskovsky Komsomolets and the telegram channel VChK-OGPU also write about the death of Makarov.
The interlocutor of the agency said that the body of 72-year-old Makarov was found on the morning of February 13 in a country house in the village of Golikovo near Moscow. “It is preliminarily established that he committed suicide,” the source said.
According to the “MK”, the incident occurred at seven in the morning. His wife called her son, who called an ambulance, but the general could not be saved. The nature of the injuries led to the suggestion that he committed suicide, the newspaper writes.
TASS indicates that Makarov was dismissed from his post as deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department for countering extremism last January. After his resignation, he was depressed, writes VChK-OGPU. According to the channel, Makarov’s body was discovered by his wife, a pistol was lying next to him. The general’s family was interrogated at the Investigative Committee.
RBC sent a request to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region and asked for a comment from the Investigative Committee of the ICR for the Moscow Region.