Igor Krasnov
Игорь Краснов
Krasnov in 2020
Prosecutor General of Russia
Assumed office
22 January 2020
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byYury Chaika
Personal details
Born
Igor Viktorovich Krasnov

(1975-12-24) 24 December 1975
Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union
Alma materPomor State University
Military service
Allegiance Russia
Branch/servicePublic prosecutor's office;
Investigative Committee of Russia
Years of service1997–present
Rank
Valid State Counselor of Justice
Lieutenant general of Justice

Lieutenant general of Justice Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (Russian: И́горь Ви́кторович Красно́в; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian lawyer serving as the 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. He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University.[1]

He started serving in the prosecutor's office in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, Krasnov was 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.[2]

In 2011, he was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

April 30, 2016, Krasnov was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation by 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.[3]

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.[4]

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 April 2022 the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Krasnov to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Биография Игоря Краснова". 20 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Биография генерал-лейтенанта юстиции Игоря Краснова". ТАСС.
  3. ↑ "Владимир Путин предложил назначить новым генеральным прокурором замглавы СКР Игоря Краснова. Новости. Первый канал" – via www.1tv.ru.
  4. ↑ "Путин включил в состав Совбеза генпрокурора и министра юстиции". 3 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
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