TWO DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTERS REPORTEDLY TO RESIGN.

MikhailYegorov, the deputy interior minister in charge of fighting organizedcrime, and Yevgeny Abramov, the deputy responsible for the interiorministry staff, reportedly will resign soon, Kommersant-Dailyreported August 16 citing a leak from the interior ministryas its source. According to the paper, the two are leaving becauseuntil recently the new interior minister had worked under them.

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