Citing police, the Interfax news agency reported that unknown assailants opened fire on General Konstantin Dementev's car, killing both Dementev and his driver on the spot.
A second passenger was rushed to a Smolensk hospital.
No official comment was immediately available.
(AFP/ITAR-TASS)
A second passenger was rushed to a Smolensk hospital.
No official comment was immediately available.
(AFP/ITAR-TASS)