Deputy Governor of the Rostov region Fedotov was removed from office

Deputy Governor of the Rostov region Lilia Fedotova, who is accused of abuse of power, was relieved of her post due to the termination of her contract. This was announced on March 17 by Sergey Tyurin, Deputy Minister of Information Policy of the Rostov Region.

"The service contract with Fedotova has been terminated due to the expiration of its validity period," Tyurin told TASS.

Another deputy governor, Konstantin Rachalovsky, the Minister of Agriculture of the region, who is also being investigated for abuse of authority, still holds his position, notedГазета.Ru ".

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Earlier, on February 4, Fedotov was arrested for two months on the fact of abuse of official authority in the implementation of the financial and credit policy of the region (paragraph "c" of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code). According to media reports, the vice governor has traveled abroad several times, her son lives with his family in Spain and she may escape from the investigation.

Fedotova herself claims that she only went on vacation to Turkey, and also suffers from a serious illness.