In Russia, the head of the Scientific and Technical Service (NTS) of the FSB, Colonel General Eduard Chernovoltsev, was dismissed, The Insider reports.. According to the publication, the official reason for dismissal is fundamentally different from the real one.. The latter is connected with the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

It is indicated that General Chernovoltsev was subordinate to the 8th Center of the FSB (information protection), the Center for Special Equipment of the FSB and the Directorate of Special Communications of the FSB. He was also the curator of the NII-2 FSB. According to the publication, it is in this research institute that a secret laboratory is located, where all kinds of poisons are developed.. At the same time, according to journalists, employees of this institute were directly involved in the poisoning of FBK founder Alexei Navalny, writer Dmitry Bykov and public figure Vladimir Kara-Murza.

The official version of the dismissal of the general is retirement upon reaching the appropriate age. Although, as noted in the publication, Chekists of such a level as those of Chernovoltsev are usually allowed to serve up to 70 years.

According to The Insider's source in the FSB, the Kremlin was very unhappy with the leaks of information from databases, which have recently become more frequent.. It is indicated that such leaks allowed journalists to publish their investigations, including about close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin..

“Two years ago, Eduard Vladimirovich swore an oath to the country's leadership that he would block all channels of leaks. But in our leaky system, this is almost impossible, ”The Insider quoted its own source..

Another interlocutor of the publication from the NTS FSB said that the dismissed general, who had lived in Kyiv for a long time, “greatly regretted the start of a military operation in Ukraine (this is how the Russians call the war they unleashed - ed.. ) and in the company of his friends said more than once that everything had gone too far "

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