Experts: On the Procedure for Recertifying MVD Personnel

The period allotted for the certification of policemen expires on August 1. The law "On the Police," signed by President Medvedev in February 2011, stipulated that the militia was to be renamed the police and that all MVD personnel, including the highest ranks, were to undergo recertification. As a result, according to minister of internal affairs Rashid Nurgaliyev, 327 generals have remained in leading positions and 21 have failed the test. Another 143 members of the generals' corps have left the MVD on grounds of age or at their own request.