The media learned about the relationship of arrests in the U.S. with large-scale reforms in the Department


Arrests of senior members of the Investigative Committee of Russia has coincided with major reform in the Department, which is held on the initiative of the head of the RCDS Alexander Bastrykin, said on Tuesday the “Kommersant” with reference to informed sources.

According to interlocutors of publication, the internal reform of the TFR was completed on August 10. According to her, the number of structural units was reduced in rank. So, the General Directorate of security Affairs (GOOD) TFR was converted to a regular control. Included in the composition of GOOD or control were transferred to the direct subordination of the head of the TFR, or received the status of departments.

In particular, in direct subordination Bastrykin became the head of the capital construction, which was previously headed by Alexey Skachkov. A few months ago, he was arrested at the request of the Committee on charges of large-scale fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the criminal code), when concluding contracts for the supply of air conditioners for rooms TFR.

A separate direct reporting units were determined, the Department of public procurement control, and financial and economic management became a Department.

After the detention of Deputy head of GSU SKR across Moscow Denis nikandrova, chiefs of the main Directorate of interagency cooperation and of management of own safety (USB) the RCDS Mikhail Maksimenko and Alexander Limonova reform decided by those units. The case against them filed personally by the head of the TFR, the newspaper stresses.

The newspaper’s sources said that notification of impending redundancy were received by the staff members of the Central Board and included in it CSS. According to them, a serious purge will result in dismissal from TFR of many persons, appointed by patronage Maksimenko. Self control in its current form, will likely cease to exist within the framework of a previously existing Department for security managers and investigators in danger.

Officially to comment on the reform and possible personnel changes in the TFR has declined, the publication adds.

Maksimenko, Limonov and Nikandrov was arrested in mid-July. According to investigators, they received a large bribe from Zakhar Kalashov, known as the thief in law Shakro Young.

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