KHABAROVSK, July 31 The Minister of Social Protection of the Territory, Alexander Dorofeev, has become acting deputy chairman of the Khabarovsk Territory government for social issues, the press service of the social bloc reported.
Today, the Central District Court of Khabarovsk arrested the deputy chairman of the regional government for social issues, Yevgeny Nikonov, on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6, Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
«Alexander Olegovich Dorofeev has been appointed acting deputy chairman of the regional government for social issues,» the agency's interlocutor said.
From 2013 to 2020, Dorofeev was the head of the department, deputy head of the department in the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration Policy of the Samara Region, oversaw employment issues, including people with disabilities. With the arrival of Acting Governor Mikhail Degtyarev (since May 14 — Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation), since 2020 he became Deputy Minister of Social Protection of the Population of the Khabarovsk Territory — Head of the Department for Disabled People, Veterans and Elderly Citizens. Since January 2021 — Minister of Social Protection of the region.
Nikonov's status in the regional government was not specified.