The Moscow Police Trade Union reported that the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the ZAO, who was fired because of the Golunov case, decided to retire; this was later denied
Police Major General Andrei Puchkov, who was fired from his post as head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Western Administrative District of Moscow because of the criminal case against journalist Ivan Golunov, wrote a letter of resignation, told Znak.com the Moscow police union . Later, the head of the trade union, Mikhail Pashkin , told RBC that Puchkov did not submit such an application. “He didn’t write [his resignation letter], I talked to him,” he said.