Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko (, born April 10, 1965) is a Russian lawyer and politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation
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1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia.
The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...
.
Biography
Nikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the
Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law at Saint Petersburg State University is the oldest law school and one of the biggest research centers in Russia.
History
On 22 January 1724, Peter the Great ordered the establishment of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a uni ...
in 1987.
He started his career as a trainee for the Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and became his assistant in 1990. In 1995, he became public prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and Deputy public prosecutor of the city in 1999. In 2001, he was named Federal inspector in-chief of Saint Petersburg. From April 9, 2003, until September 12, 2004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the
Federal Bailiff Service
The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP, Russian language, Russian: Федеральная служба судебных приставов �ССП ''Federalnaya Sluzhba Sudebnykh Pristavov'', ''FSSP Rossii'') is a federal law enforcement agency o ...
of Russia.
On December 8, 2008, Vinnichenko was appointed to be the Russian
Presidential Envoy
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to the
Urals Federal District
Ural Federal District ( rus, Уральский федеральный округ, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 12,080,523 (79.9% urban) according to the ...
. Since September 6, 2011, he is the Russian
Presidential Envoy
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to the
Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District ( rus, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, p=ˌsʲevʲɪrə ˈzapədnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the federal districts of Russia, eight federal districts of Russia. It ...
.
Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
In the aftermath of the
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk missile system, Bu ...
crash, Nikolay Vinnichenko declared, as Deputy Prosecutor General, that Russia had sent to the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) the proof that the missile that caused the crash was a Ukrainian one, and that this information had not been taken into consideration by the JIT.
Nikolay Vinnichenko sanctioned the extradition of the belarusian refugee Andrey Kazimirov, who was seeking asylum in Russia after being tortured by the police
for 2 days in the aftermath of the Belarus election protests.
Other roles
* Member of the State Border Commission
Honours and awards
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Order of Honour
*
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Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
References
Lawyers from Saint Petersburg
1965 births
Medvedev Administration personnel
Living people
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Russian prosecutors
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