Eight generals of various departments, including the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Investigative Committee and the Federal Penitentiary Service, have been relieved of their posts. This was announced today, October 7, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the situation.
"Eight generals have been relieved of their posts, including Major-General of Justice Ivanov Igor Nikolaevich, head of the SSC of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory, Major-General Molchanov Alexander Vladimirovich, Deputy Director of the Department of Operational Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, as well as Lieutenant-General of the Internal Service Poletykin Sergey Alekseevich, head of the The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in the Moscow region," said the agency interlocutor.
Vyacheslav Sukhorukov, the head of the SSC in Buryatia, and Sergey Filippov, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in the Rostov Region, were also dismissed.