Vladimir Kolokolcev

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev (; 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. He replaced Rashid Nurgaliyev in the post.

On 5 April 2016, Kolokoltsev was present in a meeting when Putin announced the creation of the Viktor Zolotov commanded Russian Federal National Guard (Rosguard) , which was formed using troops from the Russian Interior Ministry, for "Maintaining public order, the fight against terrorism and protection of important state facilities are the functions that have always been performed by the Interior Troops. They will continue to perform them, but within the new Service," according to Zolotov.

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. 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. 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. On 15 July 2021, Russian authorities banned Proekt and labeled five of its journalists as "foreign agents". Proekt became the first news outlet that has been labeled as "undesirable organisation" in Russia.

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

Sanctions In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on Kolokoltsev and 23 other Russian nationals.

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 .

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.