Only every seventh employee of the liquidated Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) transferred to serve in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. reports this TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

According to his information, out of 27 thousand employees of the Federal Drug Control Service, only 4 thousand transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “The fate of the others is unknown,” he said.

As for the head of the liquidated department, Viktor Ivanov, he, according to the source, is going on vacation.

Earlier, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Zubov stated that the opportunity to continue serving in the Ministry of Internal Affairs would be given to all employees of the Federal Drug Control Service. “No, there will be no reductions in the Federal Drug Control Service during the transition. They come to us in full. There may be organizational changes, but the staffing level will change entirely,” said the deputy minister.

On April 5, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin transferred the Federal Drug Control Service and the Federal Migration Service (FMS) to the subordination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . These structures were part of the ministry in the early 2000s, but soon became independent units.

At the same time, the former heads of the abolished departments, Viktor Ivanov and Konstantin Romodanovsky, did not receive positions in the departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On April 13, Putin appointed Olga Kirillova as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department for migration, and Andrei Khrapov as head of the department for drug control.

The media reported that only every seventh FSKN employee transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs