Sergey Abisov

Sergey Vadimovich Abisov
18th Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea
In office 6 May 2014 – Present
Preceded by	Mikhail Slepanev
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-27) 27 November 1967 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Politician

Sergey Vadimovich Abisov (Russian: Павел Вадимович Абисов; born 27 November 1967 in Simferopol) is the current minister of Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Crimea, and a police colonel.

Biography

He was born on November 27, 1967 the year in the city of Simferopol. From 1986 to 1988, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR. He started his work for the Soviet Ministry of Interior as a police officer, the commander of a separate battalion of militia responsible for the private security (vnevedomstvennaya okhrana) in 1988. In 1999, he graduated from ru. Since February 1998, he has been part of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Control Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in Crimea. On 1 March 2014, Abisov became the Acting Chief of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Just nearly a month later, however, he became the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea. By a decree from Vladimir Putin on May 6, 2014, Abisov was appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea.

Abisov has been dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for "high treason", and the Ukrainian authorities announced wanting Abisov arrested. He is suspected of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ("actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power").

Abisov is included on the list of people sanctioned by the European Union, Norway, and Switzerland.