Vladimir Ilyich Kolesnikov (in , b. May 14, 1948, in Gudauta

Gudauta

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, Abkhaz ASSR, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a Russia

Russia

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n lawyer and politician.

In 1995–2000 he was a First Deputy Interior Minister of Russia. He served as the acting Minister in September 1996, when Minister Anatoly Kulikov

Anatoly Kulikov

Anatoly Kulikov is a Russian General of the Army, former Interior Minister of Russia .In 1992 Kulikov became Commander of the Interior Troops. Hence he was one of the commanders of pro-government forces during the 1993 Constitutional Crisis in Moscow and the First Chechen War...

 was on vacations.

From April 23, 2002, until July 7, 2006, he was a Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia

Prosecutor General of Russia

The Prosecutor General of Russia heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation ....

 under Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is a Russian politician.He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice....

.

Since July 19, 2006, he has been a Deputy Justice Minister of Russia.

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