caption serviceyears laterwork branch birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
2001 1963-2000 presidential envoy to the southern federal district soviet army , russian army kokhanovo , vitsebsk voblast , belarus , soviet war war in afghanistan first chechen war second chechen 26 february 1946 general of the army vladimir putin 29 march 2001-5 . jpg viktor kazantsev
 '' ` viktor germanovich kazantsev '' '
viktor kazantsev

viktor germanovich kazantsev -lrb- ; born 1946 -rrb- was an envoy of the russian president to the southern federal district from 2000 to 2004 .
he performed primary negotiations between the russian government and the chechen opposition .
decorated with the hero of the russian federation title , he was involved in coordinating the government responses to various violent actions in chechnya .
kazanstev was also involved in coordinating the rescue attempt during the moscow theatre hostage situation , which took place in october 2002 .
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