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Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday fired the Russian prison service director from duty a few weeks after the flow of several videos, which appeared to have appeared to have been tortured and sexually assaulted. Alexander Calashnikov was dismissed with immediate effect, according to a brief announcement that was published [...]
Alexander Calashnikov was dismissed with immediate effect, according to a brief announcement released on the Russian presidency website. Arkardy Gostev, who previously served as deputy minister, was appointed to the post of the dismissed official.
The Kremlin officially cited no reason for Kalashnikov's dismissal from the post of director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Reuters writes, broadcast the Express newspaper.
However, this decision came after the Prison Service last month fired five senior officials and opened a series of criminal investigations into incidents in a Saratov region prison.
Authorities began to take measures after a group of prisoners ' rights, Guladu.net, began publishing material that he said are evidence of Sadism orchestrated in a prison about 700km southeast of Moscow.
