INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A former Russian police general who had been in charge of cracking down on protesters has been found dead in an apparent suicide following
his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin, state media reported.Major General Vladimir Makarov, 72, had helped oversee Russia's crackdown on
at his suburban home northwest of Moscow on Monday, the state-run TASS news agency reported Monday evening, citing unnamed law enforcement
They suggested the career Interior Ministry officer fell into a depressive episode after his dismissal.Makarov is the latest high-ranking
Russian security figure to have died by apparent suicide in recent months.Last summer, reports emerged that retired Federal Security Service
(FSB) Major General Yevgeny Lobachev and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Major General Lev Sotskov were separately found dead in what
were reported to be suicides.
