Putin fired 11 generals after re-election

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: TASS)

Sputnik cited a decree published on the Russian federal legal information portal saying that President Putin dismissed 11 generals, including 4 generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1 general of the Federal Enforcement Agency, 5 generals of the Investigative Committee and 1 general of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

However, the decree did not specify the reason why President Putin dismissed these officials.

Among the dismissed generals are: Director of the Research Institute of the Federal Salary Agency, Major General Andrei Bykov; Director of the State Academy of Fire Services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Colonel Shamsutdin Dagirov; Minister of Internal Affairs of the Udmurtia Republic, General Alexander Pervukhin; Head of the investigative body of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Lieutenant Colonel Igor Napalkov.

This is Mr. Putin's first personnel adjustment since his re-election on March 18.