The curator of the economic security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where Colonel Zakharchenko worked, was fired from the FSB
Colonel Sergei Gribanov, who oversaw the work of several departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK), was fired from the FSB of Russia. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta, citing sources in the department. Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, who was arrested for taking a bribe in the fall of 2016, worked in the economic security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.