Leonid Petrovich Reshetnikov
Leonid Reshetnikov | |
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Леонид Решетников | |
Reshetnikov in 2014 | |
| Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies | |
| In office 29 April 2009 – 4 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Evgeny Kozhokin |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Fradkov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1947 |
| Alma mater | Kharkov State University |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Russia |
| Branch/service | Foreign Intelligence Service |
| Years of service | 1976–2009 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
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Leonid Petrovich Reshetnikov (Russian: Леонид Петрович Решетников; born 6 February 1947) is a Soviet and Russian secret service agent, Lieutenant-General of Foreign Intelligence Service, director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (29 April 2009 – 4 January 2017) where he actively supported interference in the United States elections. He is called "the right hand of Mr. Putin on the Balkans."