Valentin Kovalyov
He was a member of the Observatory on the organization of the negotiation process with the Chechen Republic and the chairman of the United Trilateral Human Rights Commission in Chechnya.[2] In February 1999, he was arrested on charges of misappropriating funds from a public foundation under the Russian Ministry of Justice when he was minister, as well as illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.[3] In August 2000, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation approved the bill of indictment and sent the court a criminal case on charges of accepting bribes and taking money from Kovalyov.[6] Kovalyov was found guilty of embezzling entrusted property and repeatedly receiving bribes on a large scale.Also, in accordance with the verdict of the court, Valentin Kovalyov was deprived of the rank of State Adviser of Justice of the Russian Federation previously assigned to him and the honorary title Honoured Lawyer of Russia.