Astrakhan: bosses of GIBDD inspectors, suspected of bribe-taking, sacked

Militia General-Major Gregory Kulik, Head of the UVD (Interior Department) of the Astrakhan Region, has ordered to dismiss from office Militia Captain Kirsanov, a squadron commander of the Special Battalion (SB) of the Road Patrol Service (RPS)-1, his deputy Militia Captain Milov and Militia Lieutenant Colonel Barninkov, commander of the SB of the RPS-1. The order was caused by detention of the employees of Squadron 1 of the SB of the RPS-1 of the Astrakhan Regional STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, know in Russia as "GIBDD"), suspected of bribery.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the Astrakhan Region inspectors of the Prosecutor's Office, acting together with the employees of the local FSB Department, detained a whole RPS subdivision, the road inspectors of which are suspected of extorting bribes from drivers.

As reported by the Department's website, now a service check is now conducted in relation to RPS commanders.

Meanwhile, a source in the Regional UVD told the "Interfax" that information about malversations of servicemen of the SB of the RPS-1 arrived from residents both of the Astrakhan Region and other regions of Russia.