MOSCOW. Oct 24 (Interfax) - President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Yury Brezhnev as head of the Interior Ministry's department for organizing investigations, according to the Kremlin's website.
Police Col. Igor Shutov has been appointed deputy head of the Interior Ministry's Main Criminal Investigations Department.
Justice Ministry Lt. Col. Vladimir Izaak has been put in charge of the Main Investigative Department of the Interior Ministry's Saratov regional department with the rank of deputy head of regional police.