Mikhail Mindzaev

Mikhail Mayramovich Mindzaev (also spelled Mindzayev, Russian: Михаил Майрамович Миндзаев; born 28 September 1955^[1]) is a Russian police officer and government official. Married to Manana Mindzaeva since 1973. His notable tenure was Minister of Internal Affairs in the de facto government of South Ossetia, a breakaway entity in Georgia, from 2005 to 2008, including through the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. The International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted him for war crimes against Georgian civilians and issued an arrest warrant in 2022.