Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kamar yadda aka bayyana a tarihin rayuwarsa na hukuma, Bobkov da kansa ya shiga cikin warware rikice-rikicen kabilanci a Tarayyar Soviet, gami da Sumgait pogrom, abubuwan da suka faru a Vilnius, 1989 pogroms a cikin Fergana kwarin a Uzbekistan, Almaty tawaye a 1986,
Janairu 1991 abubuwan da suka faru a Latvia, da sauransu da yawa. Koyaya, duk waɗannan rikice-rikicen da KGB da kanta ta shirya don tabbatar da mahimmancin ayyukan ɓoye na Soviet, a cewar memba na Politburo na CPSU Alexander Yakovlev.