The Western press closely monitoring recent personnel shifts in the power agencies of the Russian Federation. In particular, the resignation of General Yedelev.
The French newspaper Le Monde pointed out in this regard:
"Heads rolled" in the "Interior Ministry" in response to rising crime in the ranks of Russian police force: President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed 18 high-ranking heads of departments, and has also promised to tighten criminal liability for Ministry of Interior's staff committing a crime, and to conduct a large-scale reform of the institution.
In recent months, the headlines were filled with reports of killings, beatings, looting and forgery of evidence involving the police, Le Monde's correspondent, Marie Jego, continues.
"Big purge" of President Medvedev is a signal to society. These dismissals, appears to have put an end to the impunity that has developed in ...