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Putin sacks chief prosecutor

Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin removed the country's chief prosecutor in an apparent effort to maintain a power balance between rival factions in the Kremlin ahead of crucial presidential elections in 2008.

Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov was dismissed by the Federation Council (upper House) of Parliament on Friday. Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov read a letter from Mr. Putin asking the House to relieve the chief prosecutor of his duties on the basis of his voluntary resignation request. No reason was given for the request.

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