MOSCOW, June 16 (Itar-Tass) —— Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a number of ordinances on personnel reshuffles in the leadership of the Russian Interior Ministry, the Kremlin press service reported on Saturday.
In particular, Putin relieved Police Lieutenant-General Sergei Bulavin of the post of Secretary of State - - Russian Deputy Interior Minister;
Police Colonel-General Alexander Smirnov of the post of Russian Deputy Interior Minister;
Police Lieutenant-General Mikhail Nikitin of the post of chief of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Interior Ministry;
Police Lieutenant-General Alik Khabibulin of the post of Russian Assistant Interior Minister;
Police Lieutenant-General Igor Aleshin of the post of Russian Deputy Interior Minister.
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The Russian president also has signed a number of ordinances appointing Igor Zubov to the post of Secretary of State - - Russian Deputy Interior Minister;
Arkady Gostev to the post of Russian Interior Minister, relieving him of the occupied post and giving him the special rank of Police Major-General;
Yuri Alexeyev to the post of Russian Deputy Interior Minister - - chief of the Investigation Department of the Russian Interior Ministry and giving him the special rank of Major-General of Justice;
Valery Kozhokar to the post of Russian Assistant Interior Minister, relieving him of the occupied post and giving him the special rank of Police Lieutenant-General;
Major-General of the Interior Service Alexander Gorelov to the post of chief of the Organizational-Analytical Department of the Russian Interior Ministry, relieving him of the occupied post;
Police Major-General Viktor Golovanov to the post of chief of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian Interior Ministry, relieving him of the occupied post;
Mikhail Vanichkin to the post of Russian Deputy Interior Minister, giving him the special rank of Police Lieutenant-General.