Alexei Kunetzov

Alexei Romanovich Kunetzov, born June 4342, is a former resistance fighter and current Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Born to a poor, working class family but hardline Leonidists, Kunetzov had aspirations of helping his family survive. During the civil war, where monarchists seized control of the Trigunian government, his parents were murdered by Tsarist loyalists when he was a child, leaving him an orphan. He had continued to pursue a career as an engineer at Chadonia Technical Institute, but failed to graduate, instead dropping out. Living in debt and in a filthy apartment, a young Kunetzov needed a change in his life. It was then where he found work as a resistance fighter for the militant communist group called the Red Hand, who would later become the All-Trigunian Communist Party.

Early Life
Alexei Romanovich Kunetzov was born to a poor family in the slums of Rodshyadam, the son of a welder and a tailor. His father, Nikolai, was a noted drunk but often was kind to him. His mother, Sofya, was a tailor, working for less than the minimum wage set in the former Trigunian Federation. His life changed irrevocably when his parents were caught in the crossfire of the civil war, and were killed by loyalists to Tsar Arkadiy I.

Life as a resistance fighter
After dropping out of college, the young Kunetzov was on the verge of collapse. After being crushed by tuition debt, and living in squalor in a lowly apartment, he decided that his life needed to change. He became intrigued in a resistance group against the Tsar named the Red Hand who were recently behind a terrorist attack on a Rodshyadam metro. He subsequently met the resistance group and began running missions for them, eventually gaining their trust when he executed a large scale hack on the Ministry of Internal Affairs's servers. He would later go on to assassinate Colonel General Pavel Aleksandrov, Chief of the General Staff of the Trigunian Armed Forces, successfully passing it off as a suicide. But life as a resistance agent would eventually come to grinding halt after the fall of the early All-Trigunian Communist Party in the recent elections. He was then subsequently arrested and spent time at the Radin Oblast Penitentiary, having been released in 4378.

Move to politics and professional spying
After the All-Trigunian Communist Party reformed itself in 4380, he quickly became a member and built a lasting relationship with the present General Secretary, Pasha Nikolaev. The two are currently good friends, and at Nikolaev's personal request to Valentin Konstantinov, Chairman of the National Transitional Council, appointed Kunetzov Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Both serving as the second in command to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Alexei regularly conducts missions under the MOI as a professional spy.