Zelensky dismisses director of State Bureau of Investigation

President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Roman Truba as director of the State Bureau of Investigation.

The relevant decree, No.960/2019, has been published on the president’s website.

"To dismiss Roman Mykhailovych Truba from the post of director of the State Bureau of Investigation," reads the document.

At the same time, President Zelensky signed another decree, No.961/2019, to appoint Iryna Venediktova as acting director of the State Bureau of Investigation.

Prior to her appointment, Iryna Venediktova headed the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy.

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