Medvedev appoints traffic police chief head of transport security

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Russia's road police
chief as deputy interior minister responsible for transport security,
RIA Novosti reports.

The move comes a week after a deadly terrorist attack on a Moscow airport.

"I have decided to create one more position of deputy [interior]
minister who will be responsible for the transport situation and
appoint Col. Gen. Viktor Kiryanov to this post," the president said
during a meeting with Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev and
Kiryanov on Monday.

It is not clear whether Kiryanov will remain the road police chief
while serving in his new position.

A suicide bomber detonated a device at the international arrivals hall
of the capital's Domodedovo Airport last Monday. The attack killed 35
people, including eight foreigners, and seriously injured over 100.

Medvedev highlighted poor security at the airport and pledged to
punish those responsible. He has already fired several interior
ministry officials, including federal transportation security chief,
Andrei Alekseyev.