Vladimir Kolokoltsev

General of the Police
Vladimir Kolokoltsev
Владимир Колокольцев
Kolokoltsev in 2024
Minister of Internal Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 May 2012
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterDmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
Preceded byRashid Nurgaliyev
Commissioner of Moscow City Police
In office
7 September 2009 – 21 May 2012
Preceded byAlexander Ivanov
Succeeded byViktor Golovanov (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1961-05-11) 11 May 1961 (age 63)
Nizhny Lomov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)[1]
Political partyIndependent[2]
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/service Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
Years of service1982—
Rank General of the Police
Kolokoltsev holding a bilateral meeting with Indian delegation led by Rajnath Singh, Moscow, 27 November 2017
Kolokoltsev at a meeting of Vladimir Putin with senior officers on 25 October 2018

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Колоко́льцев; born 11 May 1961) is a Russian politician and police officer who was the Moscow Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2012. He has been Russian Minister of Internal Affairs since 21 May 2012.

Biography

Moscow police officer (1982-1997)

Kolokoltsev entered police service in 1982. He started his career in a special unit guarding foreign diplomatic missions in Moscow.[1]

In 1984, he was appointed platoon commander of the separate patrol battalion of the Gagarinskiy district executive committee in Moscow.

He entered the Higher Political College of the Ministry of the Interior of the USSR studying jurisprudence and graduated in 1989.[1]

Then he served as a detective of Criminal Investigation Unit of Kuntsevo district executive committee in Moscow.[1] He advanced to the position of the deputy chief of police station No. 20 in Moscow, and later the chief of police station No. 8 in Moscow.

In 1992, he was assigned to Criminal Investigation Department of Moscow Police Department HQ on the position of senior detective of the second unit.[1]

At the beginning of 1993, he was appointed to the position of the chief of police station No. 108 in Moscow. Two years later he was appointed to the position of the chief of criminal investigation division in Central District Police Department of Moscow.[1]

Ministry of Internal Affairs (1997-2012)

In 1997, he started to work in the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation and on the position of the chief of regional unit no. 4 of Department on Organized Crime Prevention of the Ministry of Interior of Russia in Moscow. Within two years he was appointed to the position of the chief of Regional Operational Search Bureau of Department on Organized Crime Prevention of the Ministry of Interior of Russia for southeastern administrative region of Moscow.[1]

In 2001, he became the chief of unit No. 3 of Operational Search Bureau of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation for Central Federal Region of Russia. Afterwards he was appointed to the position of the deputy chief of this Operational Search Bureau. In 2007, he was appointed to the position of the chief of Police Department in Orlov region.[1] In April 2009, he became the first deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation. On 7 September 2009, he was appointed by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation to the position of the Moscow Police Commissioner.[1] In 2010, he was given a special rank of "Militsiya lieutenant-general» by the Presidential decree.[1] After re-attestation in 2011, he was re-appointed by the Presidential decree to the position of the Chief of Moscow Police and was given the rank of police lieutenant-general.[1]

Minister of Interior (2012-present)

On 21 May 2012, he was appointed minister of interior in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet.[1][3][4] He replaced Rashid Nurgaliyev in the post.[3]

On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.[5] He was reinstated on 21 January 2020.

On 28 June 2021, the independent Russian media outlet Proekt announced that it would publish an investigation into the property of the relatives of Vladimir Kolokoltsev.[6] The next day, Moscow police raided apartments of owner Roman Badanin, deputy editor in chief Mikhail Rubin and co-founder of Proekt Maria Zholobova; the police also seized journalistic equipment.[7] On 15 July 2021, Russian authorities banned Proekt and labeled five of its journalists as "foreign agents".[8][9][10] Proekt became the first news outlet that has been labeled as "undesirable organisation" in Russia.[11]

In May 2023, he visited Saudi Arabia and met with Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud.[12]

Sanctions

In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on Kolokoltsev and 23 other Russian nationals.[13][14]

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 him to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024.[15] He was sanctioned by the government of the United Kingdom on 15 March 2022.[16]

Personal life

Kolokoltsev is married and has a son and a daughter.

He has a Doktor Nauk (Doctor of Sciences) of Law, and has the rank of "Honoured Officer of Internal Affairs Authorities". He has been decorated with a number of state and departmental awards.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Владимир Колокольцев назначен министром внутренних дел РФ" [Vladimir Kolokoltsev appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation]. «Российская газета» (rg.ru) (in Russian). 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ Присутствие Колокольцева на съезде «Единой России» было законным — МВД
  3. ^ a b "Scandal-Plagued Interior Minister Appointed To Security Council". OCCRP. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ (in Russian) Указом Президента Российской Федерации В.В. Путина генерал-лейтенант полиции Владимир Александрович Колокольцев назначен Министром внутренних дел Российской Федерации MVD,
  5. ^ Carroll, Oliver (15 January 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. ^ Yakoreva, Anastasia (29 June 2021). "'I'll survive some community service' Proekt's journalists talk to Meduza after facing police raids and interrogations". Meduza. Summary by Eilish Hart. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Russian police interrogate 3 journalists with investigative outlet Proekt, raid apartments". Committee to Protect Journalists. New York. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ Osborn, Andrew; Balmforth, Tom; Devitt, Polina; Zverev, Anton; Nikolskaya, Polina (15 July 2021). Maclean, William; Jones, Gareth (eds.). "Russia bans investigative news outlet on national security grounds". Reuters. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Russia outlaws investigative media outlet Proekt calling it a 'threat'". Euronews. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Russia Bans Independent Investigative Outlet Proekt with 'Undesirable' Label". The Moscow Times. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. ^ Roth, Andrew (15 July 2021). "Russia bans media outlet that published Vladimir Putin scoops". The Guardian. Moscow. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Russia's sanctioned interior minister visits Saudi Arabia just after trip by Ukraine's Zelenskyy". AP News. 23 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update". United States Department of the Treasury. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  14. ^ США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из «кремлевского списка» [The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list"]. Meduza (in Russian). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  15. ^ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
  16. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Alexander Ivanov
 Police Commissioner of Moscow
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Internal Affairs
2012–present 		Incumbent