Putin fired Deputy Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Maksimenko

President Vladimir Putin dismissed the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Maksimenko, who held this position since 2016. This is reported on the department's website.

“Recently, Valery Maksimenko supervised the work of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the economic area, as well as in organizing construction, reconstruction and repair,” the message says.

In November Maksimenko resigned . This happened after the appointment of Alexander Kalashnikov to the post of head of the Federal Penitentiary Service, who previously headed the FSB departments in Komi and the Krasnoyarsk Territory. At the same time, Maksimenko said that he would no longer give comments to the press, because he was ashamed of his colleagues.