Leonid Petrovich Reshetnikov

Leonid Reshetnikov
Леонид Решетников
Reshetnikov in 2014
Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies
In office
29 April 2009 – 4 January 2017
Preceded byEvgeny Kozhokin
Succeeded byMikhail Fradkov
Personal details
Born (1947-02-06) 6 February 1947 (age 77)
Potsdam, Soviet occupation zone
Alma materKharkov State University
Awards
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/serviceForeign Intelligence Service
Years of service1976–2009
RankLieutenant-General

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."[1][2][3]

  1. ^ PARKINSON, JOE; KANTCHEV, GEORGI (23 March 2017). "Document: Russia Uses Rigged Polls, Fake News to Sway Foreign Elections: Bulgarian officials say a former Russian spy advised pro-Moscow party on how to manipulate voters as part of Kremlin's effort to regain influence in Eastern Europe; a 30-page dossier". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ Parker, Ned; Landay, Jonathan; Walcott, John (20 April 2017). "Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election – documents". Reuters. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Background to "Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections": The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution" (PDF). Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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