Vladimir Kolesnikov has extensive experience in various positions in the internal affairs bodies and in the prosecutor's office. He took part in solving high-profile cases that caused a public outcry. Kolesnikov has repeatedly opposed the abolition of the death penalty in the country, considering this step unreasonable and premature.
From the biography of Vladimir Ilyich Kolesnikov
The future Russian statesman and politician was born in Gudauta (Abkhazia) on May 14, 1948. In 1965, Vladimir began his labor activity as a handyman, and then a mechanic-adjuster of a local winery. Then he entered the law faculty of Rostov State University, which he graduated in 1973. In the future, Kolesnikov continued his education - under his shoulders the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He graduated from it in 1990, after which he returned to Rostov-on-Don for further service.
Vladimir Ilyich has a twin brother, Victor. Vladimir Ilyich is married and has two sons.
Career of Vladimir Kolesnikov
Since 1973, Kolesnikov has been serving in the internal affairs bodies. He began by working in one of the Rostov regional police departments. He was an investigator, grew up to be the deputy head of the criminal investigation department. Subsequently, he became deputy head of the department of internal affairs, was responsible for the service of the criminal police. In 1990 he took part in the arrest of the serial killer Chikatilo.
Until August 1991 he was a member of the CPSU. Kolesnikov's immediate boss arrested GKChP members Valentin Pavlov and Anatoly Lukyanov. Vladimir Ilyich himself was a member of the group that carried out the arrest of another member of the State Emergency Committee - Boris Pugo. However, he managed to shoot himself.
During the so-called constitutional crisis in October 1993, Kolesnikov led a detachment of Interior Ministry officers who stormed the capital's mayor's office. The operation lasted about half an hour and involved about three hundred people.
Since 1995, Vladimir Ilyich headed the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Two years later he became a member of the Commission of the Security Council of Russia. Here he was responsible for issues of economic security.
Since 1998 Kolesnikov has been the first deputy head of the country's Interior Ministry. Two years later, he submitted his resignation letter and became an advisor to the Prosecutor General of Russia. Kolesnikov has repeatedly spoken out about the premature abolition of the death penalty in the country.
In April 2002, he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia. He was in charge of cases that caused a great public outcry. After the resignation of Vladimir Ustinov from the post of prosecutor general in 2006, Kolesnikov also left the civil service.
Political activity
Since 2006, Kolesnikov has been a member of the United Russia party. Since January 2008, he was a member of the State Duma of the V convocation. Here he worked in the Security Committee, was responsible for the fight against corruption and the defense budget. Kolesnikov was considered one of the most authoritative experts in the field of public order protection and the fight against crime in parliament.
Kolesnikov holds the special rank of “Colonel General of Militia” and a Doctor of Law degree.
