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
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."