The head of the "K" Directorate of the Economic Security Service of the Russian FSB, Ivan Tkachev, was awarded the rank of Major-General. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, December 19, on the Day of Military Counterintelligence, reported "Days. RU". After serving in the army Tkachev graduated from the border school in Alma-Ata. He has 30 years of service in the security services. He took part in the investigation of a number of resonant cases, including with regard to the governors of the Sakhalin Oblast and the Komi Republic.

Behind the major general was the fight against smuggling on the Cherkizovsky market and an investigation against AFK Sistema, as a result of which 265 billion rubles were returned to the state treasury. in the case of Bashneft. Tkachev, a year and a half ago, headed the department of "K", which deals with counterintelligence support of the credit and financial sphere. The unit headed by the combat officer is responsible for suppressing financial flows for the organization of terrorist activities. The key tasks of the department are the withdrawal of the Russian economy from the informal sector and de-Fisherization.