The former head of the investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, dismissed after receiving membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences, headed the law institute of the academy

The former head of the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexander Savenkov, became the acting director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he himself told RBC about this. about this, without specifying the source of information previously wrote Legal . Report.

On the institute's website he is also designated as the acting director of the institution. Three days before the publication of Legal. Report Savenkov was mentioned as the chairman of the Academic Council of the institute of the new convocation.

from his post as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in November 2016 by Savenkov was dismissed President Vladimir Putin. Before this, the head of state criticized the security forces who became members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Savenkov was among them.

Legal. Report previously wrote in detail about the ranks and titles of the ex-head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, mentioning that in 2006, while holding the position of chief military prosecutor, “asked the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.V., Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, to provide him and the members his family’s noble titles,” she fulfilled his request.

The website of the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences states that the institution “develops fundamental problems of legal science,” and its activities “take place under the sign of the integration of science and higher education.”