Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the release and appointment to positions in the Ministry of Emergencies, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Dismissed 11 people, including Police Major-General Alexander Melnikov, accused of fraud, reports Dozhd.

In particular, the following were relieved of their posts:.

Head of the Fourth Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Department of the IC Lieutenant General of Justice Ruslan Ibiev;

Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Major General of Police Efrem Romanov;

Minister of the Interior of Karachay-Cherkessia Major General Igor Trifonov;

Major General Yuri Altynov, Head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Tyumen Region;

Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Kirov Region Major General of the Internal Service Mikhail Likhachev;

Major General Sergei Vlasov, Head of the Information Technologies and Communications Department of the Ministry of Emergencies;

Director and Deputy Director of the Force Preparedness and Special Fire Department of the Ministry of Emergencies Maxim Maksimenko and Vladimir Dezhkin.

Major General Alexander Melnikov, the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department to ensure the protection of public order and coordination of interaction with executive authorities, was also dismissed.. He is arrested for fraud.

Positions appointed:.

police colonel Dmitry Baranov - deputy chief - chief of police of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region;

Lieutenant General of the Internal Service Igor Kobzev - Deputy Head of EMERCOM of Russia - Chief State Inspector for Fire Supervision;

Colonel of the Internal Service Alexander Kuzmin - Head of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Tver Region;

Colonel Alexei Chirikov - Head of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Bashkiria;

In addition, the following are appointed for a five-year term:.

Sergey Karapetyan - prosecutor of the Smolensk region;

Lieutenant General of Justice Kirill Levit - head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Voronezh Region, Major General of Justice Vyacheslav Sukhorukov - head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Buryatia.