Karina Orlova: Putin cuts legs out from under Medvedev
Vladimir Putin yesterday fired nine high-ranked siloviki - members of Russia's various security and military services - five of whom were appointed by Dmitry Medvedev when he was President of Russia. Medvedev's men include a Major-General of the police, who also happens to be the head of the witness protection program at the Interior Ministry; two chiefs of police in the Tomsk and Omsk regions; the head of the appeals department of the Investigative Committee; and the head of the Investigative Committee in the Khakasia region.