Vladimir Andreyevich Konstantinov (Russian: ?????´??? ?????´???? ?????????´???, Ukrainian: ????????? ?????????? ????????????; born November 19, 1956) is a Crimean and Russian politician serving as Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea from 17 March 2014.
Chairman of the Supreme Council in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 17 March 2010 until 17 March 2014.
On March 5, 2014, the Shevchenko district court of Kyiv ruled on the detention of the self-proclaimed leaders Sergey Aksyonov and Vladimir Konstantinov.
The Security Service of Ukraine was charged to bring them to court.
On March 15, 2014 Ukrainian parliament dissolved the Supreme Council of CrimeaIn 2012 Konstantinov strongly condemned calls for an incorporation of Crimea into Russia.
On 20 February 2014, during a visit to Moscow, he stated that the 1954 transfer of Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a mistake.
Since March 2014 Konstantinov is a strong supporter of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.