Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov (born 25 February 1953 in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur often romanized as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located on the Amur River close to its liman in the Pacific Ocean...

) is a Russian politician.

He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population was 13,856,700 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...

. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice.

He is married, has a son and a daughter. His son Dmitry married Inga Sechina, a daughter of Igor Sechin

Igor Sechin

Igor Ivanovich Sechin is a Russian official, considered a close ally of Vladimir Putin. Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a statist lobby gathering former security services agents...

, on 22 November 2003. Dmitry and Inga have a son born in 2005.

Works

• Vladimir Ustinov. Indictment of Terror. 192 pp. Olma-Press Publishers, Moscow, 2003. ISBN 5-224-04468-5

External links

• Biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky (in Russian).

See also

• Three Whales Corruption Scandal
  Three Whales Corruption Scandal
  The Three Whales Corruption Scandal is a major corruption scandal in Russia involving several furniture companies and federal government bodies which has unfolded since 2000.-2000 smuggling investigation :...