Chaika Yury Yakovlevich

Chaika Yury Yakovlevich

Biography

Yury Yakovlevich Chaika was born on May 21, 1951 in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory. He was the youngest, fourth child in the family.

After graduation, Yury Chaika entered the Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Shipbuilding in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Territory, but in 1970, having studied at the institute for a year and a half, he left his studies and returned to his hometown, where he began to work as an electrician at a shipyard.

From 1970 to 1972, Yury Chaika served in the Armed Forces, served as an author in Khabarovsk.

After demobilization from the army in 1972 he entered the Sverdlovsk Law Institute, which he graduated in 1976, receiving a diploma in law.

From 1976 to 1978, Yury Chaika worked in the prosecutor's office of the Ust-Udinsky district of the Irkutsk region - first as an intern, then as an investigator, and from 1978 to 1979 - as deputy district prosecutor.

In 1973-1983 Chaika was the transport prosecutor of Taishet of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.

In 1983, he headed the investigative department of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.

In the period from 1984 to 1986, Yury Chaika worked as an instructor in the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU in the department of administrative bodies.

In 1986-1988 was the first deputy prosecutor for the investigation of the prosecutor's office of the Irkutsk region.

From 1988 to 1991 he worked as the head of the state legal department of the Irkutsk regional committee of the CPSU.

In 1991-1992 was the prosecutor of the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.

In the period from 1992 to 1995 he worked as a prosecutor of the Irkutsk region.

In 1995-1999 Yury Chaika was the first deputy prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

From 1999 to 2006, he headed the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

On June 23, 2006, by a resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Yury Chaika was appointed Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

During this period, he has a class rank - a real state adviser to justice.

On June 22, 2011, he was appointed Prosecutor General of Russia for a second five-year term.

2012: Espionage charges

In February 2012, Russian Reporter magazine published material on WikiLeaks files related to the activities of the American private intelligence company Stratfor. According to this publication, among the Stratfor informants was the Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika.

The website of the publication presents scattered fragments of emails exchanged by employees and informants of the company, and the codes of these documents are given in the WikiLeaks database. The WikiLeaks site began "draining" Stratfor files on February 27.

According to the observations of the magazine "Russian Reporter," in the correspondence of the employees of the company Chaika was listed under the code RU101. The information of the Prosecutor General Stratfor was assessed by the number "1," meaning that he was considered an informant with the highest level of trust. Thus, Chaika was one of the "key sources for Russia" for the American intelligence company, concludes the Russian partner WikiLeaks.

The new documents WikiLeaks, in particular, refer to the conflict between the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee, in which Chaika appeared. In one of the letters, the prosecutor general speaks of the principle of "Kremlin clan wars." According to him, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "established the basic rules by which clans fight with each other," while "the heads of those in the second tier of power fly," and not those who hold top posts.

In addition to Chaika, other high-ranking Russian leaders are among the Stratfor informants, the Russian Reporter writes, but does not disclose their names.

Representatives of Stratfor, according to CNN, called the "drain" WikiLeaks "a regrettable invasion of private affairs," noting that they would not confirm or refute the authenticity of the letters that were at the disposal of WikiLeaks^[1].

2020

Dismissal of the Attorney General

On January 20, it became known that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to the Federation Council to release Yury Chaika from the post of prosecutor general in connection with the transfer to another job. The head of state proposed to appoint Lieutenant General of Justice Igor Krasnov from the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) as the head of the supervisory authority.

Plenipotentiary Representative of the President to the North Caucasus Federal District

On January 22, 2020, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed plenipotentiary representative of the President in the North Caucasus Federal District.

2022: Imposition of sanctions by Ukraine

On January 22, 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky introduced the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on sanctions against Russian companies and citizens. In particular, Yury Chaika fell under them. More details here.

Awards

State awards, including the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, III and IV degrees, the Order of Honor, honorary titles - "Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation," "Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation."

Family

Married, has two sons.

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