4 Dec 2012 11:50

Russian Interior Ministry generals dismissed

MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed several Interior Ministry generals.

The president's decree, which was published on the Kremlin website on Tuesday, says that Police Maj. Gen. Mikhail Utyatsky was relieved of the duties of director of the Federal Migration Service's passport and registration department.

Police Col. Alexander Kvitko was dismissed from the post of director of the Specialized Hardware and Communication research and production enterprise.

Deputy chief of the Interior Ministry's branch for the Nizhny Novgorod region, Police Maj. Gen. Viktor Kabatsky, and deputy head of the ministry's Samara region branch, Police Maj. Gen. Andrei Shukhorov, were dismissed as well.