Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Устинов; born February 25, 1953 in Nikolaievsk -on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai ) is a Russian politician and former Minister of Justice of Russia.

He studied at the College of Justice in Kharkov, Ukraine., He became first officer of a public prosecutor, then prosecutor, most recently in the city of Sochi. After that, he was Russia's deputy attorney general and 1999 Russian General Prosecutor.

Ustinov was suspected to have unfounded set investigation for customs fraud against a Russian company. The Attorney General shall, in particular after the case against the former CEO of the oil company Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a political tool of the government.

On June 23, 2006, President Putin ordered surprising to a exchange offices of Minister of Justice Yuri Chaika and Ustinov. For change of government 12 May 2008 Ustinov came from the post of Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov and was at authorized representative of the Russian President in the Federal District Southern Federal District.