Zakharchenko's bosses were fired from the police

The leaders of Interior Ministry Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, who is accused of taking large bribes, have been fired. about this on the air of the Vesti 24 TV channel. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev spoke

“We constantly have the principle of personal responsibility for the actions of our subordinates. The leaders of Zakharchenko also suffered, they were fired, ”the minister said, without naming specific names.

Kolokoltsev noted that 75% of corruption crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are detected by their own security department.

Zakharchenko worked in the Main Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is charged with three episodes of bribery, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Zakharchenko was arrested in September last year. During a search, more than 8.5 billion rubles were found in his possession. In general, the investigation estimates the property of Zakharchenko at 9 billion rubles.