Igor Krasnov


Igor Krasnov Lieutenant general of Justice, Prosecutor General of Russia since January 22, 2020

Career

Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975 in Arkhangelsk, he was a member of the Lenin Komsomol. Hf, jnfk investigator in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University.
In the prosecutor's office since 1997. From 2006 to 2007 - an investigator of the central office of the General Prosecutor's Office. In 2007, he joined the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.
In 2011, appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. In 2015, he led the investigation team on the murder of Boris Nemtsov.
April 30, 2016 was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.
On January 20, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Federation Council approve Igor Krasnov as the Prosecutor General of Russia. Replacing Yuri Chaika on this post.
He has the rank of Lieutenant General of Justice and the highest class rank in the prosecutor's office: Actual State Counselor of Justice. He is a member of the Security Council of Russia.

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