Issa Magometovich Kostoyev (; born August 8, 1942) is a Russian government attorney and bureaucrat. He was the representative in the Federation Council from the executive body of state power of the Republic of Ingushetia (2002–2009),Исса Костоев, в 1973—1992 годах — старший следователь по особо важным делам; в 1996—2002 годах — начальник международно-правового управления Генеральной прокуратуры России // Kommersant and a member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security and Commission on Natural Monopolies. State Counselor of Justice 2 classes.Decree President of the Russian Federation of June 20, 1996 No. 960
Early life Born in Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic he and his parents were deported soon after his birth to Gulag in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.John le Carré, "The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life", Penguin Random House UK, Hardback ISBN 978-0-241-25755-5, 2016, p. 157
He graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a specialty in jurisprudence.Почему чем опаснее преступление, тем неуязвимее преступник // Российская Федерация сегодня, 2003Исса Костоев. Следователь, раскрывший «дело Чикатило», вырос в Казахстане
Career Kostoyev began working in the prosecutor's offices of North Ossetia, the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the prosecutor's office of the USSR and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. He headed investigative groups that engaged in the search for Rostov maniac Andrei ChikatiloИсса Костоев — человек, который поймал ЧикатилоОн раскрыл дело Чикатило and Smolensk maniac Vladimir Storozhenko.Смоленский душитель Владимир Стороженкo
He supports the death penalty for serial killers and pedophiles.Исса Костоев: расстреливать надо
Awards and honours Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1982) Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1989) Honoured Lawyer of Russia (1997)Decree President of the Russian Federation of January 9, 1997 No. 4 Order of Honour (2002) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2007) President of the Russian Federation No. 1762 Order of Friendship (2022) In his book "A Most Wanted Man" John le Carré gave the name Issa to his Chechen character in it after Issa Kostoev.John le Carré, "The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life", Penguin Random House UK, Hardback ISBN 978-0-241-25755-5, 2016, p.160
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External links «Я чувствовал — он убийца»: интервью со следователем, поймавшим Чикатило