Vladimir Kvachkov

Vladimir Vasilievich Kvachkov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Квачков; born 5 August 1948) is an ex-colonel of Spetsnaz, and a high-ranked officer with the Russian Military Intelligence service (Kvachkov headed the Special Operations Division in the mid-1990s). He became widely known after he was arrested and charged with an attempted assassination of Russian politician and businessman Anatoly Chubais in 2005. After three years of imprisonment he was acquitted on 5 June 2008. Kvachkov himself did not admit or deny his leading role in the assassination attempt, instead making a statement in which he declared that he does not consider the killing attempt a criminal action, or even a misdemeanor. On the contrary, said Kvachkov, the elimination of Chubais is absolutely inevitable and justified, as is national upheaval and overthrowing of the present government.

Personal facts

Vladimir Kvachkov
Birth dateAugust 05, 1948
Birth place
Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Kraskino
Education
Military academies in Russia
Education
Military science
Candidate of Sciences

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  1. http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2005/10/18/kvachkov
  2. http://www.vkvachkov.ru/about.php