President Putin sacks five generals and one police colonel

President Putin sacks five generals and one police colonel

On Monday, May 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin fired five generals and one police colonel.

Putin dismissed: According to an excerpt from the decree, whose authenticity was confirmed by a source close to Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, Putin dismissed:

Major General Vasily Kukushkin, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Department for the Vladimir Region; Major General Alexander Laas, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Main Department for the Altai Territory; Major General Andrey Lipilin, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Department for the Yaroslavl Region; Major General Alexander Udovenko, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Operations Department; Major General Yuri Instrank, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Operations

In addition, the president dismissed Police Colonel Emil Musin from the post of first deputy head of the Forensic Expert Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The generals and the police colonel were dismissed in a standard employee reshuffle procedure, RBC reports.

Earlier it became known that Putin dismissed Lieutenant General Valery Balan from the post of Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). Balan has held this post since April 1, 2019.


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