Dmitriy Mihailov Former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karelia. Country: Russia

Biography of Dmitry Mikhailov

Dmitry Mikhailov, a former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karelia, was born in 1956. He holds two higher education degrees. In 1981, Mikhailov began his service in law enforcement agencies, working in various positions such as OBHSS, ORB, passport and visa service, and the State Feldsher Service. Until 2002, Mikhailov headed the Department for Personnel and Educational Work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karelia. In February 2002, the Head of the Republic of Karelia, Sergey Katanandov, proposed the candidacy of Colonel Mikhailov to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the position of Minister of Internal Affairs of Karelia. In April 2002, Mikhailov became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Karelia.

In February 2004, a decree was signed to award Mikhailov the rank of Major General of the Police. In September 2006, Mikhailov led an operational headquarters established to resolve an interethnic conflict in the Karelian city of Kondopoga. The murder of two local residents, Usin and Slezaov, committed by representatives of the Chechen diaspora on the night of August 30, sparked mass unrest and riots on a nationalist basis. On September 2, the Minister stated that the headquarters had no information that the conflict was based on ethnic hostility. However, on September 3, media reports emerged that around 60 Caucasus natives were evacuated from the city to Petrozavodsk.

The Prosecutor's Office of Karelia launched 20 criminal cases in connection with various crimes in Kondopoga, including one against the staff of the Kondopoga Police Department who failed to take measures to prevent the disorder. On October 5, 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Mikhailov from his position, along with Major General Alexey Dorofeev, the head of the Federal Security Service in the Republic of Karelia. On the same day, the Prosecutor General of Russia, Yuri Chaika, dismissed Vladimir Panasenko, a second-class justice advisor and the prosecutor of Karelia, from his position, and on October 6, he retired him from the prosecutor's office due to reaching retirement age.

The temporary acting head of the Karelian Ministry of Internal Affairs became the head of the Criminal Police of the republic, Leonid Strelchenko. However, there were reports in the media that the most likely candidate for the vacant position left by Mikhailov was Oleg Chesnokov, the former head of the Criminal Police of the Vologda region.