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Viktor Anatolievich Shmetkov

Person of interest · Politician

Viktor Anatolievich Shmetkov is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Shmetkov Victor Anatolievich · Viktor Anatolievich Shmetkov · Шметков, Виктор Анатольевич				[sources]
Alias	Шметков Виктор Анатольевич				[sources]
Birth date	1963-03-31				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Classification	State government (unknown status)				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q124910937				[sources]
Position	Key ‘siloviki’ (security forces) figures · Minister of Internal Affairs (2019-) · Ключевые силовики				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2023-02-15

Descriptions

Head of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of Chuvashia, a federal state body that carries out political persecution in the territory under its jurisdiction against citizens and organizations that oppose Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and are in opposition to the current political regime in Russia.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-02-15

Russian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-12

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Internal Affairs	2019-09-27	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,936

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,516

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,010

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,612

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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