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Nikolay Vinnichenko

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Nikolay Vinnichenko
Николай Винниченко
Vinnichenko in 2020
Deputy Prosecutor-General of Russia
Assumed office
27 March 2013
Prosecutor-GeneralYury Chaika
Igor Krasnov
4th Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District
In office
6 September 2011 – 11 March 2013
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byIlya Klebanov
Succeeded byVladimir Bulavin
2nd Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District
In office
8 December 2008 – 6 September 2011
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Preceded byPyotr Latyshev
Succeeded byYevgeny Kuyvashev
Director of the Federal Bailiff Service and Chief Bailiff of Russia
In office
21 October 2004 – 8 December 2008
PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byArtur Parfenchikov
Personal details
Born (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 59)
Oktyabrskoye village, Shemonaikha District, East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR
NationalityRussian

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]

Biography

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Nikolay 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

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  • Member of the State Border Commission[6]

Honours and awards

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Political offices
Preceded by Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg
April 9, 2003, - September 12, 2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Bailiff of Russia
October 21, 2004–present
Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Винниченко Н.А. (Decree 1769) (in Russian). President of Russia. 13 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Nikolay Aleksandrovich VINNICHENKO". Genproc.gov.ru.
  3. ^ Винниченко для УрФО (in Russian). Interfax. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  4. ^ Fakhir Rizvi (25 March 2019). "JIT Refuses To Comment On Former SBU Officer's Claim About Kiev's Role In MH17 Crash". Urdupoint.com.
  5. ^ "Суд разрешил экстрадицию обвиняемого в массовых беспорядках белоруса".
  6. ^ "Commission on State Border". Government.ru.