Moscow police officer (1982-1997) Kolokoltsev entered police service in 1982. He started his career in a special unit guarding foreign diplomatic missions in Moscow. He replaced
Rashid Nurgaliyev in the post. On 5 April 2016, Kolokoltsev was present in a meeting when Putin announced the creation of the
Viktor Zolotov commanded
Russian Federal National Guard (Rosguard) (), which was formed using troops from the
Russian Interior Ministry, for "Maintaining public order, the fight against terrorism and protection of important state facilities are the functions that have always been performed by the Interior Troops. They will continue to perform them, but within the new Service," according to Zolotov. On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after
President Vladimir Putin delivered the
Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution. He was reinstated on 21 January 2020. On 28 June 2021, the independent Russian media outlet
Proekt announced that it would publish an investigation into the property of the relatives of Vladimir Kolokoltsev. The next day, Moscow police raided apartments of owner
Roman Badanin, deputy editor in chief Mikhail Rubin and co-founder of
Proekt Maria Zholobova; the police also seized journalistic equipment. On 15 July 2021, Russian authorities banned
Proekt and labeled five of its journalists as "
foreign agents".
Proekt became the first news outlet that has been labeled as "
undesirable organisation" in Russia. In May 2023, he visited
Saudi Arabia and met with Saudi Interior Minister Prince
Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud. ==Sanctions==