Igor Viktorovich Krasnov is a Russian lawyer serving as the Chief Justice of Russia since September 24, 2025.
Occupation
criminal investigator, prosecutor, judge
Position held
Prosecutor General of Russian Federation, Chief Justice of the Russian Federation, judge of the Supreme Court of Russia, Member of the Security Council of Russia
Lieutenant general of Justice Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian lawyer serving as the Prosecutor General of Russia since January 22, 2020.
Career
Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975, in Arkhangelsk, he was a member of the Lenin Komsomol. He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University.
He started serving in the prosecutor's office in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, Krasnov was an investigator of the central office of the General Prosecutor's Office. In 2007, he joined the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.
