NAME: Yosyp Kazakov

BORN: 1959 Berdyansk, Ukraine

BIRTH NAME: Yosyp Kazakhov

APPEARANCE: Gray hair, heavy build, significant facial scarring.

FAMILY BACKGROUND:
Both parents served in the military forces. One of four children, Kazakov spent most of his childhood stationed on various military bases throughout the former USSR.

MARRIED: No

CHILDREN: Son Olek born 1978 in Kiev. Has no contact with his father.

STATUS: Training instructor.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Level 3

1959 Born in the Ukraine.

1977 Volunteered to join Soviet Navy, but was rejected and subsequently conscripted into the army.

1979-1982 Fought two tours of duty during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

1982 Awarded two medals for valiant conduct and transferred to Spetznatz special forces unit.

1982-1990 Served on numerous operations with Russian special forces. Spent time working as both a training instructor and on diplomatic protection duties.

1991-1994 After retiring from the Russian army, Kazakhov was recruited by NATO to consult on Russian military training. He devised special training exercises in which American and European special-forces learned Soviet combat techniques.

1994-2006 Training advisor for British special forces and the security services.

2007 Joined CHERUB as a training instructor.

"We were delighted when Yosyp accepted our invitation to work for CHERUB. He has more than twenty years experience training special forces and intelligence staff. We hope that this will be used to bring out the very best in our young agents." Zara Asker.