Vladimir Kvachkov

Vladimir Kvachkov
Kvachkov in 2010
Native name	Владимир Васильевич Квачков
Born	(1948-08-05) 5 August 1948 (age 76) Kraskino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Spetsnaz GRU Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Battles / wars	Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Tajikistani Civil War
Alma mater	Frunze Military Academy
Spouse(s)	Nadezhda Kvachkova[1]
Children	Anna Kvachkova Elena Kvachkova Alexander Kvachkov Kirill Kvachkov

Vladimir Vasilievich Kvachkov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Квачков; born 5 August 1948) is a Russian former Spetsnaz colonel and military intelligence officer, known for being arrested and charged for the attempted assassination of politician Anatoly Chubais in 2005, for which he was jailed for three years until he was acquitted on 5 June 2008.