Very Young, Very General

Submitted by Russian Law Online on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 15:50
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Denis Sugrobov, the youngest general in the police, he is 34 years old, has become the key person in Russia for combating economic crime and corruption: he is now the head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Major-General Sugrobov is known for his personal involvement in the investigation of a series of high-profile criminal cases: he arrested the Head of the Russian President Control Department Andrei Voronin, the Head of the Chief Medical Department of the Defence Ministry Major-General Alexander Belevitin and other high-ranking officials - as well as the fight against corruption within the ministry itself. He has been awarded the Medal of Merit.