Igor Krasnov
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Igor Krasnov | |
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Игорь Краснов | |
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| Chief Justice of Russia | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2025 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Irina Podnosova Yuri Ivanenko (acting) |
| Prosecutor General of Russia | |
| In office 22 January 2020 – 24 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Yury Chaika |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Gutsan |
| Deputy chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia | |
| In office 30 September 2016 – 22 January 2020 | |
| Chairman Committee | Alexander Bastrykin |
| Senior investigator for particularly important cases Investigative Committee of Russia | |
| In office 15 January 2011 – 30 September 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Igor Viktorovich Krasnov 24 December 1975 Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Pomor State University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| Branch/service | Public prosecutor's office; Investigative Committee of Russia |
Years of service | 1997–2025 |
| Rank |  Active State Counselor of Justice Lieutenant general of Justice |
Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (Russian: И́горь Ви́кторович Красно́в; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian lawyer serving as the Chief Justice of Russia since September 24, 2025.
From 2020 to 2025, he served as Russia's Prosecutor General. Deputy chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (2016–2020).
Career
[edit]Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975, in Arkhangelsk. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University (now Northern (Arctic) Federal University). He was a member of the Komsomol.
He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.[1]
He started serving in the prosecutor's Russia 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 Russia.[2]
In 2011, Krasnov was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia. He investigated a number of high-profile criminal cases, including activities of the neo-Nazi group known as "BORN", the murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova (2009), the assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais, the assassination of Moscow City Court judge Eduard Chuvashov, the murder of RASH skinhead Ivan Khutorskoy.[3][4][5] From 2009 to 2013, he partially investigated the case of the Gang of Amazons.
On February 28, 2015, he headed the investigation team for the deputy of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma assassination of Boris Nemtsov but transferred the case to Major General Nikolai Tutevich for investigation due to his appointment to a higher position.[6][7]
From September 2014 to March 2015, Krasnov investigated the embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.[8] In 2015, he headed the investigation team and proceedings in the criminal case concerning the murder of the Romanov family, which the Investigative Committee resumed in 2015.
On April 30, 2016, Krasnov was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee by Chairman 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.[9]
On August 25, 2025, it was announced that Igor Krasnov had applied for the position of Chief Justice of Russia, which had become vacant following the death of Irina Podnosova in July 2025.[10]
On September 24, 2025, he was relieved of his duties as Prosecutor General and appointed Chief Justice by the Federation Council, following the nomination by President Vladimir Putin.[11][12]
Honours
[edit]- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2025)
- Honoured Lawyer of Russia (2025)
- Order of Alexander Nevsky (2021)
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2014)
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2011)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Биография Игоря Краснова". 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Биография генерал-лейтенанта юстиции Игоря Краснова". ТАСС.
- ↑ "Рождение наци". esquire.ru (in Russian). Esquire. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ↑ "Генерал Краснов всё прояснит и докажет". mk.ru (in Russian). МК. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ↑ "Расследовавший убийство Маркелова сотрудник СК занялся делом об убийстве Немцова". interfax (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ "Патриоты России и её враги" (in Russian). Новая газета. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ↑ "«В деле Немцова генерал Краснов всё прояснит и докажет»" (in Russian). Московский комсомолец. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ↑ "Ордена не спасли от ареста". kommersant.ru (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ↑ "Владимир Путин предложил назначить новым генеральным прокурором замглавы СКР Игоря Краснова. Новости. Первый канал" – via www.1tv.ru.
- ↑ "Генпрокурор Игорь Краснов подал заявление на пост главы Верховного суда". rbc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24 September 2025 № 674 "О Краснове И.В."".
- ↑ "Игорь Краснов назначен главой Верховного суда". Российская газета (in Russian). 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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| Russian Empire |  | |
| Soviet Russia | ||
| Russian Federation | ||
- People from Arkhangelsk
- Prosecutors-general of Russia
- 21st-century Russian lawyers
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
- Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
- Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky (Russian Federation)
- Honoured Lawyers of the Russian Federation
- Chief justices of Russia
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class