Avakov fired three Vice Knyazeva

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The Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov has accepted the resignation of three Deputy heads of the national police of Ukraine Sergey Knyazev. On 12 September, reported the press service of the Ministry of internal Affairs.

Avakov dismissed the first Deputy head of the NEC head of the criminal police, Vyacheslav Abroskin, the Deputy head of the NEC head of the Main investigation Department Vitaly Nevada and Deputy Chairman of NPU – the chief of Department of protection of economy Igor Cobranza.

Instead Abroskin Avakov appointed Evgeny Koval, who had previously held the position of head of the Department of internal security of national police, and instead Nevada – Maksym Tsutskiridze, who held the post of Deputy head of the Main investigation Department of national police.

The Department of defense of the economy of Ukraine was liquidated.

Avakov appointed Abroskin first Deputy head of national police of Ukraine in July 2017. Prior to this he was the head of the regional police Department in Donetsk region. On 11 September, the press service of the Channel reported by “Ukrainian news” that the head of Department Sergey Knyazev fired Abroskin.