Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on the
appointment of Mikhail Mokretsov as Deputy Defense Minister, RIA
Novosti reports.
Mokretsov has been the head of the office of the Defense Ministry
since April 2010. He headed the Federal Tax Service for several years
earlier. He was the deputy minister since July 2010.
Dmitry Medvedev also prolonged terms of office of police generals:
General-Lieutenant Yuri Agafonov, General-Major Boris Bulatov,
General-Major Sergey Zhevlakovich, General-Lieutenant Vasily Kudin,
General-Colonel Nikolai Ovchinnikov, General-Lieutenant Nikolai
Rumyantsev and General-Major Yuri Toropin.
The law on police came into force on March 1. The Russian "militia"
was renamed into "police". Public control over the police was
improved. 22% of the police staff will be reduced.
Re-qualification of staff will end on August 1, 2011 (earlier plans
were to end it on June 1). Only re-qualified staff will remain in
office.
