Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of Sverdlovsk Emergency Situations Ministry

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to dismiss the head of the EMERCOM of Russia in the Sverdlovsk Region, Major-General Andrei Zalensky. The corresponding document is published on the official website of the Kremlin.

"To dismiss Major-General Zalensky Andrey Viktorovich, Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters in the Sverdlovsk Region," the decree says..

Recall, Andrei Zalensky headed Sverdlovsk rescuers in 2010. The fact that he plans to leave his post, it became known as early as the beginning of 2017.