Russian President Vladimir Putin fired five generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Emergencies. This is stated in the relevant decree.
So, three generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will leave their posts. Among them are the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory, the head of the rear, Major General of the Internal Service Vyacheslav Bolgov, the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Voronezh Region, the head of the Main Investigation Department, the Major General of Justice Vyacheslav Vorontsov, and the head of the Department of Internal Affairs in the Moscow Metro of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Major Nikolai Savchenko.
Earlier, TASS, citing a source, reported that the decision to dismiss Savchenko was made in connection with the incident at the Ryazansky Prospekt metro station. However, another agency interlocutor claims that the major general himself wrote a resignation report due to the fact that he is retiring.
Recall, on September 18, in the lobby of the Ryazansky Prospekt station, policeman Aleksey Smirnov started firing at officers of his own security department who tried to detain him, who suggested that he might be involved in a bribe.
Opening fire, Smirnov killed one of the CSS officers, and severely wounded the second. After that, the policeman was detained and for the second time did not show resistance, having surrendered his weapon.
As he later explained his actions himself, CSS officials allegedly tried to provoke bribes to him, to which he emotionally reacted. He was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - 317 (“Attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer”) and part 1 of article 291.2 (“Receiving a bribe not exceeding 10 thousand rubles”).
Appointments
The President of Russia also fired Major General of Justice Sergei Ryabov, who served as the head of the Main Department of Criminalistics of the department and was in charge of the organization of forensic science activities.
Also released was Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Eduard Chizhikov, who headed the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergencies.
In addition to generals, other officials will also leave their posts, including Omsk Oblast Prosecutor Anastas Spiridov and Head of the Personnel Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Alexander Pirogov, Internal Service Colonel.
By the same decree, Putin made a number of appointments. It's about other posts. So, Major General of the Internal Service Vladimir Dezhkin became the deputy head of the Main Directorate of Fire Protection and the head of the special department of the Ministry of Emergencies.
Major General of the Police Leonid Kolomiyets took the post of Head of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Region. A similar post in the Arkhangelsk region will now be occupied by Major General Police Alexander Pryadko.
Colonel of Justice Konstantin Stolbin became the first deputy head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region. And Putin appointed Colonel of Justice Vladimir Terentyev to the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Crimea and Sevastopol.
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Dismissal of 11 generals
The last large-scale dismissal of the generals occurred on November 4. Then Putin dismissed immediately 11 generals of the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the UK. Among them is the former first deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure the protection of public order and coordination with executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Alexander Melnikov.
Melnikov is accused of fraud for 100 million rubles. According to investigators, he organized a criminal scheme to steal such an amount from businessman Panyushkin. Based on the materials, it follows that in 2015 a criminal case was instituted against the businessman, and Melnikov and his friends demanded 100 million rubles so as not to bring Panyushkin to criminal liability.
Later, the businessman turned to the police and took part in an operational experiment to detain Melnikov and his accomplices red-handed. Under the entrepreneur himself, it was 500 thousand rubles and 29.5 million fake.
Melnikov was detained on September 24, then charged with attempted fraud. He is currently under arrest for the duration of the investigation. On December 11, the defense tried to change the preventive measure, but failed.
“The appellate court rejected the defense’s complaint about Melnikov’s extension of his detention, upheld the decision of the trial court,” TASS quoted the spokesman of the Moscow City Court.