Nikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the
Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law in 1987. He started his career as a trainee for the Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and became his assistant in 1990. In 1995, he became public prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and Deputy public prosecutor of the city in 1999. In 2001, he was named Federal inspector in-chief of Saint Petersburg. From April 9, 2003, until September 12, 2004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of
Saint Petersburg. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the
Federal Bailiff Service of Russia. Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Nikolay Vinnichenko sanctioned the extradition of the belarusian refugee Andrey Kazimirov, who was seeking asylum in Russia after being tortured by the police for 2 days in the aftermath of the Belarus election protests. == Other roles ==