Will General Glukhov leave?

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, General Ivan Glukhov, is going through hard times. A subordinate is under arrest, her son’s friend is on the run, the media is attacking her about her resignation, and now there is also re-certification under the control of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs’ own security. It would seem, what does Glukhov have to do with it?

As soon as Nelly Dmitrieva, now a notorious investigator for particularly important cases on the Magnitsky list, was arrested for attempting to receive a $3 million bribe, clouds began to gather over Glukhov’s head. And it seems like Nellie swore allegiance to the general, but it had the opposite effect. Dmitrieva said that her arrest was a provocation and was being done to obtain evidence against Ivan Glukhov. The investigator even threatened to name big names if the trial was held “behind closed doors.”

The press was allowed into the meeting room, but the doors were closed to Dmitrieva herself. Since then, the general’s name appears in all materials related to the case of the investigator. The picture is also worsened by the fact that the intermediary in receiving the bribe turned out to be the “fixer” Maxim Kagansky, a former employee and current close friend of General Glukhov’s son, Denis. Then the searches at the State Investigative Directorate began, which in principle is very unpleasant - to see how the team is demoralized, the desperate process of shaking up your safes in order to find something to put you to sleep on. But you can always find something if you have the desire.

And to all this was added moral pressure from the media. But we must give Ivan Alekseevich his due; he behaved with dignity all this time. As soon as the prison doors closed behind Nellie, the general was bombarded with a barrage of questions, to which he cheerfully answered in the style of “I have nothing to do with it.” But the road still led to the general’s office. On October 18, the media reported that Glukhov had resigned. “This is not true,” Glukhov told RIA Novosti dryly.

Then, according to insider information, at a meeting with his subordinates, he urged not to believe what was written in the media, and promised that if he left, he would gather everyone and say goodbye in person. Although evil tongues say that there actually is a report, the general just wants to leave quietly and go far away so that no one will bother him with questions in the future.

Now they hit Glukhov with the most convenient weapon, which turned out to be the notorious certification - a hammer, which has already cleared out the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs so that there is no one to work, they say on the ground. Ivan Glukhov will go to the carpet of a commission that will evaluate the general’s suitability for the position held based on an inspection by the security service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Whether this is an opportunity or a waste is still unclear. But I would like to wish no matter what, but a speedy end to this foul-smelling story.