A retired officer born in 1946 was found on a pier, with a TT pistol nearby according to a source affiliated with REN TV. During a search of the deceased’s apartment, police located a safe containing an OP-SKS carbine, an MTs 21-12 rifle, seven knives, and a premium dagger. Also found were a TT pistol magazine and related cartridges. RBC reported that there was no documentation accompanying these items.
The deceased has been identified as Yevgeny Lobachev, a retired FSB Major General. On July 20, Lobachev’s wife contacted police to report his disappearance after he left for a walk and did not return. She also stated that he had complained of a headache and had been treated at a hospital.
A source told RBC that the deceased carried large debts. Relatives claimed Lobachev borrowed money under questionable pretenses and had taken out several loans.
Law enforcement launched an investigation.
Lobachev had retired from the FSB in 1999 and was described as a veteran of military service. He had appeared in the media as an expert.
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Lobachev, in 2016, supported the appointment of Oleksandr Prokopchuk as Interpol Deputy Chief for Europe in a positive manner. In a statement to Politrussia.com, he highlighted the high level of training among Russian security forces and suggested that Prokopchuk’s appointment reflected foreign interest in Russia’s policing standards.
“Since the Interpol office for Russia has been deployed, not a single wrongdoer has left us.”
In 2012 Lobachev spoke to Pravda.ru about tightening weapon regulations in response to the Moscow massacre carried out by a 29-year-old lawyer, Dmitry Vinogradov, who killed six people with a hunting carbine after a dispute with a colleague.
Lobachev remarked that Vinogradov reportedly obtained a gun license through a private clinic in Moscow, calling it a systemic and troubling practice. He argued that licenses should be issued by the appropriate state departments and not through private medical channels.
He contended that further tightening of permits for traumatic weapons would push people to private clinics for the required certifications and benefit those with financial means rather than those truly in need.