Vladimir Yuryevich Antyufeyev, known under the assumed name Vadim Shevtsov or Vladimir Shevtsov is a former Soviet OMON police officer who was one of organizers of the attempt to overthrow the Latvian government in 1991.
11 Facts About Vladimir Antyufeyev
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Vladimir Antyufeyev is a Russian and Transnistrian citizen and was for many years wanted by the law enforcement agencies of Latvia and Moldova.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev is no longer wanted by Latvia however, due to their statute of limitations on the type of crime he was alleged to have committed.
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In July 2014, Antyufeyev became one of leaders of Ukraine's pro-Russia secessionist rebels.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev is a former Soviet OMON special police major and Riga police deputy chief of criminal investigation.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev says he fled to Moscow two hours before he was to be arrested.
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In Russia, Vladimir Antyufeyev was assisted by Viktor Alksnis, on whose recommendation he traveled to Tiraspol to take part in the Transnistrian independence movement in September 1991.
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In 2003 Vladimir Antyufeyev defended a doctoral thesis on "Russia's Geostrategy in the Southwest" at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
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That same year, Vladimir Antyufeyev was declared persona non grata by the European Union.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev married Galina Antyufeyeva, a deputy in the Transnistrian Supreme Soviet and head of the committee on legislation.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev said he worked on security in South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Crimea.