▁weapons ▁were ▁" missing ". ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁German ▁citizens ' ▁compla ints , ▁he ▁also ▁halt ed ▁all ▁training ▁on ▁week ends ▁and ▁hol id ays , ▁and ▁ended ▁low - level ▁flying ▁over ▁populated ▁places . ▁ ▁In ▁December , ▁after ▁former ▁East ▁German ▁leader ▁Er ich ▁H one cker ▁was ▁issued ▁an ▁arrest ▁war rant ▁by ▁pro sec utors ▁in ▁Berlin ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁giving ▁orders ▁to ▁fire ▁on ▁escape es , ▁S net kov ▁refused ▁to ▁hand ▁over ▁H one cker , ▁who ▁was ▁under ▁Soviet ▁protection ▁at ▁a ▁military ▁hospital . ▁He ▁opposed ▁the ▁withdraw al ▁of ▁Soviet ▁troops ▁from ▁Germany , ▁and ▁stated ▁in ▁multiple ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁inter views ▁with ▁Russian ▁military ▁newspaper ▁K ras n aya ▁Z vez da ▁that ▁his ▁opposition ▁to ▁a ▁Soviet ▁pull - out ▁was ▁the ▁reason ▁for ▁his ▁dismiss al ▁from ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁W G F ▁later ▁that ▁month . ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁contemporary ▁Iz vest ia ▁report , ▁he ▁was ▁fired ▁along ▁with ▁deput ies ▁after ▁the ▁desert ions ▁of ▁a ▁regiment al ▁commander ▁and ▁a ▁supply ▁unit ▁leader ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁November , ▁who ▁took ▁two ▁miss iles , ▁three ▁tank ▁shell s ▁and ▁other ▁arm aments ▁with ▁them . ▁After ▁his ▁dismiss al , ▁S net kov ▁joined ▁the ▁Group ▁of ▁Ins pect ors ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Def ense , ▁tradition ally ▁a ▁pre - ret irement ▁post ▁for ▁elder ly ▁gener als . ▁He ▁retired ▁in