“Torubarov was relieved of his previous position as Minister of the Interior in the Republic of Crimea,” RIA Novosti quotes her.

Kondrashova clarified that the deputy minister Pavel Karanda will be the acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Crimea.

According to the agency, Torubarov served as regional minister since August 2018.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of the governor of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov.

In June, it became known about the resignation of the governor of the Astrakhan region Sergey Morozov.