President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Major General Oleg Ilinykh became the head of the main department for countering extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- Timur Valiulin, the previous head of the CPE, resigned in December 2018 after six years in office. According to Kommersant, the reason for the resignation was that Valiulin did not indicate real estate in Bulgaria in the declaration.
- of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kurgan Region since 2015 Oleg Ilinykh has been the head . Prior to that, he worked in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Altai Republic.