Head of the Russian Investigation Committee Alexander Bastrykin will introduce a new investigation chief of North Ossetia, Vitaly Volkov, in Vladikavkaz on Tuesday. Volkov was the first deputy head of the Directorate of the Russian Investigation Committee of Kabardino-Balkaria, RIA Novosti reports.
Konstantin Uskov was the former North Ossetian investigation chief.
Appointment of Colonel Volkov by the Russian president was published on Monday.
The president signed a decree on separating the Investigation Committee from the prosecution in December 2010, making it independent. The decree came into force on January 15, 2011.
The Investigation Committee works with the most complicated crimes, investigated by the Investigation Committee of the Prosecution (predecessor of the independent Investigation Committee), the Interior Ministry, Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Federal Drug Control Service.
