Vladimir Rushailo

Vladimir Borisovich Rushailo (Владимир Борисович Рушайло; born 28 July 1953 in Morshansk, Tambov Oblast) is a Russian politician.

From 1999 to 2001, he was the Interior Minister of Russia, and Secretary of Security Council from 2001 to 2004. As the Minister of the Interior, he was charged with overseeing the security of sensitive internal sites and materials such as high-value train shipments and nuclear weapons facilities. His tenure coincided with a period of serious concern over the security of Russia's nuclear weapons stocks, especially with regard to the 2000 computer bug and its potential effects in the run up to and after the Y2K switch. „You should not confuse corruption with bribe taking.“ Russia's Interior minister Vladimir Rushailo, arguing that officials are corrupt only if they have links with organized criminal gangs

From 14 June 2004 to 5 October 2007 he was the executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

In 2002 he was injured while survived a road crash in Kamchatka together with region's governor Mikhail Mashkovtsev.

Honours and awards

 * Hero of the Russian Federation (27 October 1999)
 * Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (2003)
 * Order of Courage (1998)
 * Order of Honour (1998)
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (1986)
 * Order for Personal Courage (1992)
 * Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" (1996)
 * Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
 * Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003)
 * Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 3rd class (Russian Orthodox Church)