A Russian general who led a suppression of opposition activists shot himself in the head after being sacked by Vladimir Putin.
Maj Gen Vladimir Makarov, 72, was found by his wife Valentina with gunshot wounds just weeks after he was fired by the Russian president in late January.
Police have ruled that his death was the latest in a string of suicides among high-ranking Russian security and military figures.
The major general had fallen into a “deep depression” and “didn’t know what to do with himself” after losing his job, relatives told Russian media.
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