General of the Army Vladimir Yegorovich Pronichev (russian: Владимир Егорович Проничев; born 1 March 1953) is a retired Russian security official, and the former head of the Border Guard Service of the

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. Pronichev also held the title of First Deputy Director of the

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Biography

Born in 1953, Pronichev served with the Border Guards as an officer in the

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, the Soviet Far East, and the Northwest Border Districts from 1974 to 1981. Subsequently, he served with the FSB in

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and led the FSB's

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efforts until 1999, when he was named First Deputy Director in the FSB. When the Federal Border Guard Service was reorganized (in 2003) as a directorate of the FSB, Pronichev was named to lead the Border Service and retained his former title as well. Vladimir Pronichev was the head of the FSB operation on the ground in the

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and

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.The Truth About Beslan. What Putin's government is covering up
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, ''

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'', November 13, 2006 He served with both the KGB and FSB from 1970 to 2013.

Notes

Sources

Biography of V.Y. Pronichevofficial website
of the Border Service of the Russian Federation (in Russian)

External links

"One More Special Service Created in Russia"
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