The Head of State has appointed Anton Efarkin, Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Saratov, Major General. The corresponding decree is posted on the portal of legal information.
Anton Efarkin. Freeze frame of GTRK-Saratov
Efarkin was appointed head of the local government in October 2021 after mass layoffs amid a torture scandal at the local prison hospital. Prior to that, he served in Krasnoyarsk, where prisoners and human rights activists also regularly reported torture.
In October 2021, the Gulagu.net project published several statements that Efarkin was one of the organizers of torture in Krasnoyarsk pre-trial detention centers.