Head of traffic police of Moscow dismissed

The head of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Police Colonel Yuri Droganov, was dismissed, a source in law enforcement agencies informed.

"By a presidential decree, the head of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Police Colonel Yuri Droganov, was dismissed from his post," he said, adding that Police Colonel Alexei Diokin was appointed acting head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.

Droganov headed the Moscow traffic police since November 2019. Before him, the head was Viktor Kovalenko.