| Nikolay Vinnichenko | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Office: | Deputy Prosecutor-General of Russia |
| Term Start: | 27 March 2013 |
| 1Blankname: | Prosecutor-General |
| 1Namedata: | Yury Chaika Igor Krasnov |
| Office1: | 4th Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District |
| Term Start1: | 6 September 2011 |
| Term End1: | 11 March 2013 |
| President1: | Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Predecessor1: | Ilya Klebanov |
| Successor1: | Vladimir Bulavin |
| Office2: | 2nd Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District |
| Term Start2: | 8 December 2008 |
| Term End2: | 6 September 2011 |
| President2: | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Predecessor2: | Pyotr Latyshev |
| Successor2: | Yevgeny Kuyvashev |
| Office3: | Director of the Federal Bailiff Service and Chief Bailiff of Russia |
| Term Start3: | 21 October 2004 |
| Term End3: | 8 December 2008 |
| President3: | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| Predecessor3: | Office established |
| Successor3: | Artur Parfenchikov |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Oktyabrskoye village, Shemonaikha District, East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko (Russian: Николай Александрович Винничéнко, born April 10, 1965) is a Russian lawyer and politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]
Nikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law in 1987.[2]
He started his career as a trainee for the Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and became his assistant in 1990. In 1995, he became public prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and Deputy public prosecutor of the city in 1999. In 2001, he was named Federal inspector in-chief of Saint Petersburg. From April 9, 2003, until September 12, 2004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia.[2]
On December 8, 2008, Vinnichenko was appointed to be the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District. Since September 6, 2011, he is the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District.[3]
Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.[2]
In the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash, Nikolay Vinnichenko declared, as Deputy Prosecutor General, that Russia had sent to the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) the proof that the missile that caused the crash was a Ukrainian one, and that this information had not been taken into consideration by the JIT.[4]
Nikolay Vinnichenko sanctioned the extradition of the belarusian refugee Andrey Kazimirov, who was seeking asylum in Russia after being tortured by the police for 2 days in the aftermath of the Belarus election protests.[5]