Yury Chaika
Encyclopedia
Yury Yakovlevich Chaika is the current Prosecutor General
of Russia
.
Prosecutor's Office where he served as an investigator and a deputy district prosecutor. In 1983 he became head of the investigations at the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.
From 1984 to 1992 Chaika worked in various positions for the Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, the regional Communist Party and the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.
In 1992 he was appointed Irkutsk Oblast prosecutor.
In 1995 he became first deputy Russian prosecutor general. He was appointed by then Prosecutor General Yury Skuratov
, his former classmate from Sverdlosk Institute of Law.
Following Skuratov's suspension, Chaika served as acting prosecutor general for a brief spell between April and August 1999.
From August 1999 to June 2006 he served as justice minister.
On 23 June 2006, Chaika became Russian prosecutor general, effectively swapping jobs with his predecessor Vladimir Ustinov
who took up the post of justice minister.
, a case in which nineteen high-ranking FSB
officers were allegedly involved in furniture smuggling cases, as well as illegally importing consumer goods from China
. The mass media revealed that the officials dismissed around that time had worked in the Moscow and federal offices of the FSB, the Prosecutor General
's Office, the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office, the Federal Customs Service and the Presidential Executive Office. Deputy heads of the FSB Internal Security Department also figured in the report authored by Viktor Cherkesov
. The purge occurred while FSB head Nikolai Patrushev was on vacation. http://www.kommersant.com/p706081/r_500/Property_Fund_s_Confistated_Goods_Dealer_Fired/, http://www.kommersant.com/p704751/r_1/Mass_Dismissals_at_the_FSB/, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.html?docId=706135, http://grani.ru/Politics/Russia/President/m.114307.html, http://rfe.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/09/33cc2719-2ad5-4a45-a326-72828b9baf64.html
On 27 December 2006, he accused Leonid Nevzlin
, a former vice president of Yukos
, exiled in Israel
and wanted by the Russian authorities for a long time, of involvement in Alexander Litvinenko
poisoning
, a charge dismissed by the latter as a nonsense. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/28/npoison28.xml
On 16 January 2007, Chaika announced that the Tambov Gang
had recently forcefully taken over 13 large enterprises in Saint Petersburg
and was subject to an investigation. http://news.spbland.ru/i/22598/, http://www.gazeta.ru/news/social/2007/01/16/n_1024654.shtml. The leader of the gang, Vladimir Kumarin
, was arrested on 24 August 2007. His associate and member of Putin's cooperative "Ozero"
Vladimir Smirnov was dismissed from his position of Tekhsnabexport
director. http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/code/54522/
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 ....
of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Career
Chaika began his career as an electrician in a shipyard. After serving in the army, he graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of Law in 1976 and began work at Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:...
Prosecutor's Office where he served as an investigator and a deputy district prosecutor. In 1983 he became head of the investigations at the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.
From 1984 to 1992 Chaika worked in various positions for the Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, the regional Communist Party and the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.
In 1992 he was appointed Irkutsk Oblast prosecutor.
In 1995 he became first deputy Russian prosecutor general. He was appointed by then Prosecutor General Yury Skuratov
Yury Skuratov
Yury Ilyich Skuratov is a Russian lawyer and politician.From 1995 till 1999 he was Prosecutor General of Russia.In February 1999, he disclosed the existence of FIMACO....
, his former classmate from Sverdlosk Institute of Law.
Following Skuratov's suspension, Chaika served as acting prosecutor general for a brief spell between April and August 1999.
From August 1999 to June 2006 he served as justice minister.
On 23 June 2006, Chaika became Russian prosecutor general, effectively swapping jobs with his predecessor 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....
who took up the post of justice minister.
Notable cases
On 14 June 2006, the Prosecutor General's Office reported that it had reopened the "Three Whales" corruption investigationThree Whales Corruption Scandal
The Three Whales Corruption Scandal is a major corruption scandal in Russia involving several furniture companies and federal government bodies which has unfolded since 2000.-2000 smuggling investigation :...
, a case in which nineteen high-ranking FSB
FSB (Russia)
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is the main domestic security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor agency of the Soviet Committee of State Security . Its main responsibilities are counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and...
officers were allegedly involved in furniture smuggling cases, as well as illegally importing consumer goods from China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. The mass media revealed that the officials dismissed around that time had worked in the Moscow and federal offices of the FSB, the Prosecutor General
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 ....
's Office, the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office, the Federal Customs Service and the Presidential Executive Office. Deputy heads of the FSB Internal Security Department also figured in the report authored by Viktor Cherkesov
Viktor Cherkesov
Viktor Vasilyevich Cherkesov is a Russian security services official.He graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1973...
. The purge occurred while FSB head Nikolai Patrushev was on vacation. http://www.kommersant.com/p706081/r_500/Property_Fund_s_Confistated_Goods_Dealer_Fired/, http://www.kommersant.com/p704751/r_1/Mass_Dismissals_at_the_FSB/, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.html?docId=706135, http://grani.ru/Politics/Russia/President/m.114307.html, http://rfe.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/09/33cc2719-2ad5-4a45-a326-72828b9baf64.html
On 27 December 2006, he accused Leonid Nevzlin
Leonid Nevzlin
Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-Israeli businessman. Nevzlin was a high ranking executive at Yukos, once a Russian oil firm before it was extinguished by the Russian government. That government is requesting his extradition due to hotly disputed criminal allegations against him and other...
, a former vice president of Yukos
YUKOS
OJSC "Yukos Oil Company" was a petroleum company in Russia which, until 2003, was controlled by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a number of other prominent Russian businessmen. After Yukos was bankrupted, Khodorkovsky was convicted and sent to prison.Yukos headquarters was located in...
, exiled in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and wanted by the Russian authorities for a long time, of involvement in Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko was an officer who served in the Soviet KGB and its Russian successor, the Federal Security Service ....
poisoning
Alexander Litvinenko poisoning
Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service, FSB and KGB, who escaped prosecution in Russia and received political asylum in the United Kingdom...
, a charge dismissed by the latter as a nonsense. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/28/npoison28.xml
On 16 January 2007, Chaika announced that the Tambov Gang
Tambov Gang
The Tambov Gang is a large gang in Saint Petersburg, Russia. According to common allegations, it was organized in St. Petersburg in 1988 by two men from Tambov Oblast, Vladimir Kumarin and Valery Ledovskikh. The gang is named after their region of origin, Tambov Oblast...
had recently forcefully taken over 13 large enterprises in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
and was subject to an investigation. http://news.spbland.ru/i/22598/, http://www.gazeta.ru/news/social/2007/01/16/n_1024654.shtml. The leader of the gang, Vladimir Kumarin
Vladimir Kumarin
Vladimir Kumarin, aka Vladimir Barsukov is a Russian businessman, former vice president of the Petersburg Fuel Company in 1998—1999, and allegedly the boss of the powerful Tambov Gang of St...
, was arrested on 24 August 2007. His associate and member of Putin's cooperative "Ozero"
Ozero
Ozero is a co-operative society allegedly instituted on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Smirnov , Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yury Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, and Nikolay Shamalov...
Vladimir Smirnov was dismissed from his position of Tekhsnabexport
Tekhsnabexport
Tekhsnabexport is a state owned Russian company founded in 1963 which trades uranium fuel and fuel processing services abroad .It carries out export of goods and services, produced by enterprises of the Atomenergoprom, including nuclear materials, and technological, medical and other equipment...
director. http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/code/54522/
See also
- Three Whales Corruption ScandalThree Whales Corruption ScandalThe Three Whales Corruption Scandal is a major corruption scandal in Russia involving several furniture companies and federal government bodies which has unfolded since 2000.-2000 smuggling investigation :...