Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko (Russian: Николай Александрович Винничéнко, 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.[1]
Nikolay Vinnichenko | |
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Николай Винниченко | |
 Vinnichenko in 2020 | |
| Deputy Prosecutor-General of Russia | |
| Assumed office 27 March 2013 | |
| Prosecutor-General | Yury Chaika Igor Krasnov |
| 4th Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District | |
| In office 6 September 2011 – 11 March 2013 | |
| President | Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Ilya Klebanov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Bulavin |
| 2nd Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District | |
| In office 8 December 2008 – 6 September 2011 | |
| President | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Pyotr Latyshev |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Kuyvashev |
| Director of the Federal Bailiff Service and Chief Bailiff of Russia | |
| In office 21 October 2004 – 8 December 2008 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Artur Parfenchikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1965 Oktyabrskoye village, Shemonaikha District, East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
Biography
editNikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law in 1987.[2]
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. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia.[2]
On December 8, 2008, Vinnichenko was appointed to be the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District. Since September 6, 2011, he is the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District.[3]
Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.[2]
In the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 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.[4]
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.[5]
Other roles
edit- Member of the State Border Commission[6]
Honours and awards
editReferences
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- ^ О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Винниченко Н.А. (Decree 1769) (in Russian). President of Russia. 13 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "Nikolay Aleksandrovich VINNICHENKO". Genproc.gov.ru.
- ^ Винниченко для УрФО (in Russian). Interfax. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
- ^ Fakhir Rizvi (25 March 2019). "JIT Refuses To Comment On Former SBU Officer's Claim About Kiev's Role In MH17 Crash". Urdupoint.com.
- ^ "Суд разрешил экстрадицию обвиняемого в массовых беспорядках белоруса".
- ^ "Commission on State Border". Government.ru.
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