Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Kalashnikov. The text of the corresponding decree published on the Kremlin website.
“To release Kalashnikov Alexander Petrovich from the post of director of the Federal Penitentiary Service. This decree comes into force on the day of its signing, ”the document says. Instead of Kalashnikov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Arkady Gostev was appointed to this position.
Kalashnikov took over as director of the FSIN in October 2019, replacing Gennady Kornienko. Prior to that, he served as head of the FSB department for the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
It was reported that on account of Kalashnikov a number of high-profile arrests, including the governor of Komi, Vyacheslav Gaizer, together with his team and the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Komi Republic, Alexander Protopopov.
In 2021, Kalashnikov was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, the United States and Canada.
Soon after Kalashnikov’s appointment, Eva Merkacheva, deputy chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, noted that the new head of the Federal Penitentiary Service has extensive experience in fighting corruption. In her opinion, it was thanks to this experience that Kalashnikov received a new post.
The resignation of Kalashnikov took place against the backdrop of a torture scandal in Russian colonies. Earlier in November, the human rights project Gulagu.net showed footage of prisoners being bullied at the Federal Penitentiary Service hospital and in the Saratov region.
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