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department chiefs forced officers to solve nonexistent crimes and even "jail innocent people" to pad statistics. He complained that ordinary staff were treated "like cattle," had no days off or sick leave, and said young people joined the police on a 12,000 rubles monthly wage ($413) because they knew they would have "tributes."Dymovsky was swiftly fired for "libel and action that tarnishes the police force."
Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, who vowed last August to eradicate corruption in his ministry within a month, ordered a federal probe into Dymovsky"s claims.
This and other scandals prompted President Dmitry Medvedev in December to order wholesale reform of the Interior Ministry, trimming police numbers and raising salaries in an effort to reduce corruption.
MOSCOW/KRASNODAR, January 20 (RIA Novosti)
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