Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Le Parisien.


Retired Federal Security Service General had been shot dead, experts concluded
AIA reported yesterday on the death of the retired Russian Federal Security Service General Alexander Rogachev, 46. His body was found in a vehicle at building 31, Leningradsky Avenue in St.Petersburg. The security guards of restaurant Le Parisien paid attention to the suspicious Land Cruiser car which was parked near the restaurant with working engine for longer time and called the police.
According to news agency Interfax, at initial examination of the body experts came to conclusion that Rogatchev had died from natural causes. However, already in a mortuary a 9 millimeters bullet has been taken from the victim’s head. Rogachev was a former employee of the Federal Agency of Governmental Communications.
According to some sources, since recently the retired FSB Major-General was engaged in business activity. Online paper Life.ru reported that leaving his house Alexander Rogatchev had collected some documents and told his wife that he was going to have an important appointment.
General Rogachev was the son-in-law of the governor of Russia’s Orel area Yegor Stroyev who used to be the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia(1996-2001). He had a major post in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Six years ago, Alexander Rogatchyov divorced from the daughter of the known politician, Marina, 44, herself until recently a former Russian parliament member. After divorce he married Anastassiya, 35, who last time saw her husband in the early morning on the day he died, Life.Ru notes.  

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