This an old one from the cold war era. In Moscow beautiful was walking down sidewalk.She sees KGB agent in street + says,"Hey Boris is that gun in your pocket or just glad to see me?" Loud report,beautiful girl falls dead.It was gun.
Vashper indeed. I suppose the supreme soviet was afraid he would tell us of all the benefits of being a commie,you know like socks made out of burlap + rubbers made out of used recycled tires (nyet skid condoms). They don't want any rush from the west to take advantage of all the bennies they have to offer,so they just HAD to take him off the air (most likely to Lubyanka St.)