Top Cop Says 94 Police Chiefs Fired as Part of ‘Hard’ Reform

The Interior Ministry is pushing ahead with re-evaluation tests that have led to the ouster of 94 police chiefs and will examine 900,000 lower-ranking officers by August, Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said Wednesday. Nurgaliyev, reporting about the progress of an ongoing police reform to the State Duma, admitted that the process was slow and painful. But he dismissed a complaint from a Communist deputy that the reform had stalled. […]