PoliticsPutin expands Federal Protective Service central staff for fourth time since invasion
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the Federal Protective Service’s central-office staff from 785 to 812 employees, effective July 1, according to Kommersant. The decree gives no reason. It is the fourth staffing increase since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; the central office’s staffing had otherwise been unchanged since 2010.
Putin expands Federal Protective Service central staff for fourth time since invasion