Igor Krasnov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Krasnov.
Igor Krasnov
Игорь Краснов
Krasnov in November 2025
Chief Justice of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 September 2025
Nominated byVladimir Putin
Preceded byIrina Podnosova
Yuri Ivanenko (acting)
Prosecutor General of Russia
In office
22 January 2020 – 24 September 2025
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byYury Chaika
Succeeded byAleksandr Gutsan
Personal details
BornIgor Viktorovich Krasnov
(1975-12-24) 24 December 1975 (age 50)
Arkhangelsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materPomor State University
Military service
Allegiance Russia
Branch/servicePublic prosecutor's office;
Investigative Committee of Russia
Years of service1997–2025
Rank
Active State Counselor of Justice
Lieutenant general of Justice

Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (Russian: И́горь Ви́кторович Красно́в; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian lawyer serving as the Chief Justice of Russia since September 24, 2025. From 2020 to 2025, he served as Russia's Prosecutor General.

Career

Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975, in Arkhangelsk. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University (now Northern (Arctic) Federal University). He was a member of the Komsomol. He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.[1]

He started serving in the prosecutor's office in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, Krasnov was an investigator of the central office of the General Prosecutor's Office. In 2007, he joined the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office.[2]

In 2011, Krasnov was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia. He investigated a number of high-profile criminal cases, including activities of the neo-Nazi group known as "BORN", the murders of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova (2009), the assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais, the assassination of Moscow City Court judge Eduard Chuvashov, the murder of RASH skinhead Ivan Khutorskoy.[3][4][5] From 2009 to 2013, he partially investigated the case of the Gang of Amazons.

On February 28, 2015, he headed the investigation team for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov but transferred the case to Major General Nikolai Tutevich for investigation due to his appointment to a higher position.[6][7]

From September 2014 to March 2015, Krasnov investigated the embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.[8] In 2015, he headed the investigation team and proceedings in the criminal case concerning the murder of the Romanov family, which the Investigative Committee resumed in 2015.

On April 30, 2016, Krasnov was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee by Chairman Alexander Bastrykin.

On January 20, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Federation Council approve Igor Krasnov as the Prosecutor General of Russia, replacing Yuri Chaika.[9]

Since 2021, Igor Krasnov has been included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, the USA, and Canada due to the case of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, as he is held responsible for the actions of the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the large-scale detentions of citizens during mass protests in Russian cities in 2021, the replacement of the suspended sentence with a real one in the "Yves Rocher" case, and the blocking of access to the resources of Navalny regional headquarters.[10][11][12]

On November 8, 2021, Krasnov filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Russia seeking the liquidation of the Memorial society.[13]

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 April 2022 the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Krasnov to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024.[14]

On August 25, 2025, it was announced that Igor Krasnov had applied for the position of Chief Justice of Russia, which had become vacant following the death of Irina Podnosova in July 2025.[15] Krasnov emerged as the sole candidate for the position. On September 24, 2025, he was relieved of his duties as Prosecutor General and appointed Chief Justice by the Federation Council, following the nomination by President Vladimir Putin.[16][17]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Биография Игоря Краснова". 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Биография генерал-лейтенанта юстиции Игоря Краснова". ТАСС.
  3. ^ "Рождение наци". esquire.ru (in Russian). Esquire. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  4. ^ "Генерал Краснов всё прояснит и докажет". mk.ru (in Russian). МК. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  5. ^ "Расследовавший убийство Маркелова сотрудник СК занялся делом об убийстве Немцова". interfax (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. ^ "Патриоты России и её враги" (in Russian). Новая газета. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  7. ^ "«В деле Немцова генерал Краснов всё прояснит и докажет»" (in Russian). Московский комсомолец. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. ^ "Ордена не спасли от ареста". kommersant.ru (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  9. ^ "Владимир Путин предложил назначить новым генеральным прокурором замглавы СКР Игоря Краснова. Новости. Первый канал" – via www.1tv.ru.
  10. ^ "ЕС ввёл санкции против глав ФСИН, СКР, Генпрокуратуры и Росгвардии из-за Навального". kommersant.ru (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  11. ^ "КРАСНОВ Игорь Викторович". Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  12. ^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/372". EUR-Lex. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  13. ^ "Исковое заявление" (PDF). memo.ru (in Russian). Международное историко-просветительское, благотворительное и правозащитное общество «Мемориал». 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  14. ^ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
  15. ^ "Генпрокурор Игорь Краснов подал заявление на пост главы Верховного суда". rbc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  16. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24.09.2025 № 674 "О Краснове И.В."".
  17. ^ "Игорь Краснов назначен главой Верховного суда". Российская газета (in Russian). 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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