Prisoners from the Wagner PMC have returned the former head of the Lipetsk Ministry of Internal Affairs to power.

On this drew The Chernozemye Telegram channel has drawn attention to a photo from the operational headquarters meeting held on June 24.

Among the meeting participants is the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Lipetsk region, a police major general Oleg Latunov.

“On May 31, he submitted a resignation letter from his post as head of the department, — the channel's authors reminded. — He decided to take this step after criticism from the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, which pointed out the systemic miscalculations made by the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Lipetsk Region in the organization of work on professional training."

Latunov had headed the Lipetsk police since 2019. According to one version, the real reason for his resignation was a conflict with his former deputy, whose complaints prompted an unscheduled inspection from Moscow. According to the Poligraf Telegram channel, the inspectors have experienced There was shock at the level of organization of local police work, and the results of the investigation were announced by Minister Kolokoltsev himself at a closed board meeting.

Apparently, on June 24, after armed units of former prisoners appeared in the Lipetsk region, the authorities urgently needed the disgraced general's help, and he was again invited to the governor's office.

Photo: Chernozem