In the period from 1999 to 2006, Ustinov Vladimir Vasilievich was the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. From June 2006 to May 2008 - Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, and then plenipotentiary of the president in the Southern District. Vladimir Vasilievich - the first Russian prosecutor general, elected for a 2nd term.
A family
Vladimir Vasilievich Ustinov, whose biography is described in this article, was born on February 25, 1953 in the Khabarovsk Territory, in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. When he was 6 years old, his father received a job transfer to the Krasnodar Territory. There he moved his family. Vladimir Vasilievich has an older brother. He and father worked as prosecutors.
Education and the army
After graduating from high school, Vladimir got a job as a turner-toolmaker at the Korenovsky Sugar Plant, until he was drafted into the army. He served from 1972 to 1974. After returning from the army, Vladimir Ustinov entered the Kharkov Institute at the law department and graduated in 1978. After he defended his candidate at the Moscow Academy on the topic of the fight against terrorism.
Career
After graduating from the Kharkov Institute, Vladimir Vasilyevich got a job as an intern at the prosecutor's office. Then he quickly climbed the career ladder: at first he became simple, then senior assistant to the prosecutor in Korenovsky district. In 1983, V. Ustinov was appointed deputy prosecutor in the Don district, and later - the prosecutor of the Gulchevsky district.
In 1985, Ustinov was appointed to the same position in the Khostinsky district of Sochi, and then he was transferred to Sochi to the post of prosecutor. From 1994 to 1997 Ustinov Vladimir Vasilievich was the head of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and then was appointed first deputy prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory
Transfer to Moscow
In 1999, Ustinov was appointed to the post of Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and received a transfer to Moscow. A little later, in the same year, he began to act as prosecutor general of Russia. In 2000, he was officially appointed by him and joined the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
In 2005, Vladimir Vasilievich was confirmed as Prosecutor General for another five years of service. But in 2006, the Council of the Federation of Russia received and approved the request of the President of Russia to dismiss V. Ustinov from his post at his request. Since 2006, Vladimir was appointed Minister of Justice of Russia after the resignation of Fradkov M.E. But in 2008, Vladimir Vasilievich was removed from his post. Since May of the same year Ustinov Vladimir Vasilievich - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Southern District.
Ustinov’s Activities as Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
From 1998 to 1999 Vladimir Vasilievich was the Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia. He led the Office for Oversight of Federal Security and Interethnic North Caucasus Relations. The task was not easy: it was necessary to achieve compliance with the law in a difficult regional situation.
Prosecutors fought with bandits and terrorism, restored the rule of law in Chechnya. Most of the problems were solved thanks to the principles of Ustinov. He personally joined many complex investigations and conducted prosecutorial checks.
Vladimir Ustinov is the first of the chiefs of law enforcement bodies who formed the Office of the Prosecutor General in the new districts and appointed deputies in charge of their work. The main task was to create a unified legal state sphere by bringing regional legal acts in line with federal laws and the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
In 2000, Vladimir personally led an investigation into the death of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea. Ustinov V.V. not only was present at the raising of the destroyed ship, but also spoke about the causes of the disaster. He also investigated the attacks in Volgodonsk and Moscow, conducted the case of V. Gusinsky and Media-Most, as well as Y. Goldovsky about the seizure of Nord-Ost and Sibur.
Vladimir Ustinov forced all the heads of prosecutors to support the state prosecution in the processes if they cause a public outcry. And he set an example for everyone. In 2001, Vladimir Vasilievich acted as the state prosecutor in the Raduev case, a Chechen terrorist who seized the Kizlyar hospital in 1996 and took hostages in Pervomaisky.
Also among the high-profile cases that Vladimir Vasilyevich was involved in were Yukos and the persecution of Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister of Ukraine. In 2001, when criminals seized a bus with people in Nevinnomyssk, V. Ustinov and a representative of the President of Russia proposed to release the hostages in exchange for them.
Under Vladimir Vasilievich, the Prosecutor General's Office played a significant role in the redistribution of property. Under investigation came Berezovsky, who was nevertheless able to leave for the UK. But Lebedev, Khodorkovsky were convicted in 2005. The co-owners of the Yukos company (L. Nevzlin, V. Dubov and M. Brudno) managed to leave the country.
The activities of Ustinov Vladimir Vasilyevich, which was supported by Vladimir Putin, made all other influential and large business holders become much more loyal to the state.
Personal life
Ustinov V.V. was married to Nadezhda Aleksandrovna, who is currently a housewife. They had a son Dmitry and a daughter Irina. The son worked in the administration of the President of the Russian Federation and married the daughter of Deputy Prime Minister I. Sechin. The daughter of Vladimir Ustinov, Irina, is an assistant prosecutor in the Khostinsky district of Sochi, where he lives.
