Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Vladimir Loginov, deputy Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation, as per the report on the official website of the Cabinet.
Loginov was in charge of monitoring and coordinating the work of the Department of State Policy and Environmental Protection Regulation and Ecological Safety, as well as the recently created Department of State Policy and Regulation in the field of operating waste and consumption waste management. It is specified that the dismissal has taken the form of “voluntary resignation”.