Alexey Kazannik

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

Alexey Kazannik
Алексей Казанник
Kazannik in 1993
Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast
In office 12 March 1995 – 30 September 2003
Governor	Leonid Polezhayev
Prosecutor-General of Russia
In office 5 October 1993 – 14 March 1994
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Valentin Stepankov
Succeeded by	Yury Skuratov
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-26)26 July 1941 Perepis, Horodnia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 June 2019(2019-06-02) (aged 77) Omsk, Russia

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, 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. Bloomsbury Academic. 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. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.