KYIV, Jan. 31 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday has fired tax and customs service chief Roman Nasirov, who was suspended from the post after his arrest on suspicion of embezzlement in March 2017, RFE/RL reported.

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that the State Commission for Senior State Service Personnel had approved the government's recommendation that Nasirov be dismissed.

Nasirov is being investigated on suspicion of defrauding the state of 2 billion hryvnyas ($70 million).