Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Pavel Baryshev, Deputy Head of EMERCOM of Russia. The corresponding decree on May 1 was posted on the official portal of legal information.
“To release Colonel-General Pavel Fedorovich Baryshev from the post of Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters,” the document says.
The decree comes into force on the day of its signing, writes Gazeta.ru.
Pavel Baryshev was born in 1959 in Kineshma, Ivanovo region. He received his education at the Moscow Higher Command School of Road and Engineering Troops. Baryshev was appointed deputy head of the department on February 2, 2017.
Earlier, on April 12, the president dismissed the first deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Anatoly Rudoy, who had been in this post since 2014.
On April 9, 2020, Putin dismissed Deputy Interior Minister, Colonel-General of Justice Alexander Romanov in connection with the arrest of his subordinates on corruption charges.