predecessor birth_name birth_place nationality office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
-lrb- denis pushlin -rrb- -lrb- denis pushlin -rrb- Владимир Антюфéев novosibirsk , russian sfsr , soviet union russian transnistrian chairman of self-proclaimed -lrb- donetsk peoples republic -rrb- of self-proclaimed -lrb- donetsk peoples republic -rrb- chairman 19 february 1951 july 28 2014 july 28 2014 galina antyufeyeva vladimir antyufeyev
 december 2011 vladimir antyufeyev -lrb- vadim shevtsov -rrb-
vladimir antyufeyev

vladimir antyufeyev -lrb- russian : Владимир Антюфéев -rrb- , also known under the assumed name vadim shevtsov -lrb- born 19 february 1951 -rrb- is a former soviet omon police officer who was one of organizers of the attempt to overthrow the latvian government in 1991 .
as `` vadim shevtsov '' , he was later the head of the ministry of state security of moldova 's pro-moscow separatist state of transnistria between 1992 and 2012 .
he is a russian and transnistrian citizen and was for many years wanted by the law enforcement agencies of latvia and moldova .
he is no longer wanted by the latvians however due to their statute of limitations on the type of crime he was alleged to have committed .
in july 2014 , antyufeyev became one of leaders of ukraine 's pro-russia secessionist rebels .
