Vladimir Borisovich Rushailo (; born 28 July 1953) is a
Russian politician.
While Rushailo was
Moscow City Police
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The Moscow Police is the largest regional police force in Russia with 50,500 officers as of 2010, with p ...
General of the Moscow
RUOP, he was in open conflict with Georgian mob boss
Otari Kvantrishvili.
From 1999 to 2001, he was the
interior minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...
of Russia, and
secretary
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of
Security Council
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from 2001 to 2004. As the minister of the interior, he was charged with overseeing the security of sensitive internal sites and materials such as high-value train shipments and nuclear weapons facilities. His tenure coincided with a period of serious concern over the security of Russia's nuclear weapons stocks, especially with regard to the 2000 computer bug and its potential effects in the run up to and after the Y2K switch.
From 14 July 2004 to 5 October 2007, he was the executive secretary of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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.
In 2002, he was injured in a road crash in
Kamchatka
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Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...
together with region's governor
Mikhail Mashkovtsev.
Honours and awards
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Hero of the Russian Federation (October 27, 1999)
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Order of Merit for the Fatherland
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
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* ...
, 3rd class (2003)
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Order of Courage (1998)
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Order of Honour (1998)
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Order of the Badge of Honour (1986)
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Order for Personal Courage (1992)
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Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" (1996)
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Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
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Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003)
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Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 3rd class (Russian Orthodox Church)
See also
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List of Heroes of the Russian Federation
References
1953 births
Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)
Living people
People from Morshansk
Ministers of internal affairs of Russia
Heroes of the Russian Federation
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Recipients of the Order "For Personal Courage"
Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
Commonwealth of Independent States people
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
Secretaries of the Security Council (Russia)
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