Background
He was born in Panikovets village, Kolpyanskiy district, Orlov oblast, Russian Federation.
He was born in Panikovets village, Kolpyanskiy district, Orlov oblast, Russian Federation.
Graduated from the Pedagogy college of Volkhov, Orlov oblast (1975), Law Faculty at Voronezh State University (1983).
An investigator of the Voronezh Central District Department of the Internal Affairs (1983 – 1986). Since 1986 he was a detective of the Department of Internal Affairs of Voronezh Oblast. Since 1992, a deputy head of the Special Rapid Deployment Force of the Department for Organized Crime Control, the Department of Internal Affairs of Voronezh Oblast. Participated in the localization of the armed conflict in North Ossetia and Ingushetia, combat operations on the territory of the Chechen Republic (1994 – 1996) and the Northern Caucasus (1999 – 2000) as a commander of the Special Rapid Deployment Force and composite militia detachment of the Central Chernozem region. In December 1999 excelled at conducting successful operations to release the captive Russian pilot in one of the regions of the mountainous part of the Chechen Republic. Continued his service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation. The deputy of the Voronezh Oblast Duma (since 2001), lead the permanent commission for the legislation, security, human rights, and regulation. A member of numerous committees of the Oblast Duma, head of the faction “Spravedlivost”. The USSR box master.