Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed five generals and a police colonel. This is stated in an excerpt from the head of state’s decree, according to RBC reports.
Chief of the Department of the Vladimir Region of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major General of Police Vasily Kukushkin, was dismissed. He turned 64 this year. Before heading the department, Kukushkin served in the Ryazan law enforcement agency.
From 2003 to 2004 he was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetia, then he became the head of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kostroma region and was the head of the police force. Republic of Karelia.
In addition, the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Altai Territory of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the regional police, Major General Alexander Laas, resigned. He also turned 64 years old. Since 1979 he has held various positions in the militia and district police.
According to Federal Law No. 342 “On Service in the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation”, the age limit for service in the service for generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 65.
The head of the Yaroslavl region department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major General Andrey Lipilin, was dismissed. Before that, he worked in the law enforcement agencies of the Magadan and Omsk regions, in 2002 he became the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Ramensky district of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region. In 2011, Lipilin became vice-president of the head office near Moscow.
Police Major General Alexander Udovenko, head of the operational department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, was dismissed. Prior to that, he was head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Major General Yury Instrankin, Deputy Head of the Logistics and Medical Support Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was also dismissed. Previously, he was deputy head of the Main Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
In the end, the President dismissed Colonel Emil Musin – he worked for a long time at the Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Musin is the editor of the textbook “Forensic Economic Analysis in Criminal Procedure”. Under federal law, the age limit for service for an interior officer with the rank of colonel is 60.
RBC’s source described the resignation as “normal staff rotation”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also linked the decree on the resignation of the generals and colonel with the personnel change.
The presidential press secretary commented on “Rotation” in an interview with RIA Novosti.
In November 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin also signed a law allowing the service life of colonel generals and admirals to be extended to 70 years.
Source: Gazeta
