Born March 1, 1949 in the village of Sosnovka Kuznetsk district, Penza region, Russian.
In 1971 he graduated from the Saratov Law Institute, majoring in "Jurisprudence". By the end of training in parallel worked as an investigator in the police department.
. From 1971 to 1982 - Regional Prosecutor's Office investigator, the investigator, Penza Oblast Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Chief of Investigations, Chief of Department.
. In 1982 - 86 - Deputy Attorney Penza region.
. Since 1986 - Deputy Chief of the Investigative Department Prosecutor's Office
. From 1988 - First Deputy Chief of the Investigative Department. Since 1989 - Head of Department for Supervision over the implementation of laws on national security, a member of the Board of the Procuracy of the USSR, at the same time - Senior Assistant Attorney General of the USSR. Participated in the investigations of Nazi war crimes during the Second World War.
. In the spring of 1989 led a team to investigate criminal cases involving abuse of position by investigators Thalmann Gdlyana and Nikolai Ivanov.
. November 1, 1991 filed a case under Article
. 64 (treason) against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in connection with the decision of the State Council on 6 September to recognize the independence of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. After this was dismissed from the USSR Prosecutor's Office.
. Since late 1991 - analyst and head of the legal department of the newspaper "Pravda".
. 12 December 1993 was elected deputy of RF State Duma.
. 17 December 1995 was elected to the State Duma of the second convocation.
. July 8, 1998, was elected chairman of the Movement in Support of the Army, defense industry and military science (DPA).
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation.
. State Councilor of Justice 2 class.
. Author of books "accusing the president" and "negotiable".
. Leisure time devoted to writing and family.
. Married
. Daughter Catherine, son of Vladimir.
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