90 years ago in Paris, Russian General Alexander Pavlovich Kutepov was kidnapped and murdered. Born on September 28, 1882, in Cherepovets, he became a prominent military figure and a general of infantry in 1920, actively participating in the White movement and being a pioneer. In 1928 and 1930, he led the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS). On January 26, 1930, Kutepov was kidnapped in Paris by agents of the Foreign Department of the OGPU during a secret operation organized by Yakov Serebryansky and Sergey Puzitsky as part of a broader OGPU operation called 'Trust.' Documents regarding his death remain classified to this day.

That day, Kutepov left his home heading to the Gallipolians' church for a memorial service in memory of General Baron Kaulbars, but he never arrived. The police established that around 11 a.m., he was seen by a White officer at the corner of Rue de Sèvres and Boulevard des Invalides, but then the general's trail vanished. Later, a witness to the disappearance, a cleaner from the clinic on Rue Udino, Auguste Steimez, reported seeing a large gray-green car and two men in yellow coats standing nearby, with a red taxi not far away. In the summer of 1929, the Soviet leadership approved the operation for the 'secret extraction' of Kutepov. On January 1, 1930, Serebryansky arrived in Paris with a group that included Turizhnkov and Esme-Rachkovsky. The men in yellow coats who forced Kutepov into the car were French communists and agents from Serebryansky's group. The officer involved in the operation was a real officer of the Paris police and an OGPU agent. In the red taxi were the operation leaders Turizhnkov and Esme-Rachkovsky.

In the car, Kutepov was injected with morphine, which caused him to have a heart attack.