Alexey Kazannik

Alexey Ivanovich Kazannik (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Каза́нник; 26 July 1941 – 2 June 2019) was a Russian lawyer and politician.

Alexey Kazannik
Alexey Kazannik, 1990s
Prosecutor General of Russia
In office
1993–1994
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Kazannik.

Biography

Born in Horodnia Raion, Ukrainian SSR, he studied law at Irkutsk State University, graduating in 1967.[1] In 1989, he gained notability for granting his seat in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to Boris Yeltsin. Between 1993 and 1994, Kazannik was Prosecutor General of Russia.[2][3] Kazannik later served as Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast from 1995 to 2003. Additionally, he taught law at Omsk State University.[4]

Kazannik died following a long illness on 2 June 2019 in Omsk, at the age of 77.[4]

References
  1. "Казанник Алексей Иванович". KVnews.ru (in Russian). 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
  2. Felkay, Andrew (2002). Yeltsin's Russia and the West. p. 28. ISBN 978-0275965389.
  3. Goldberg, Carey (14 May 1994). "Former Top Russian Official Blames 'Immoral Power' for Nation's Crisis : Politics: Alexei Kazannik, who gave up his post as prosecutor general, says Yeltsin is manipulated by his top aides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "Russia's most famous ex-prosecutor dies". Crime Russia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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