Viktor Petrovich Ivanov is a Russian politician and businessman, former KGB officer, who served in the KGB Directorate of Leningrad and its successors. Currently, he is the Director of The Federal Narcotics Service of Russia. As a KGB officer he took part in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He resigned from FSK and was appointed Chief of the Administrative Staff of the Saint Petersburg Mayor Office. He has been a Deputy Head of the Presidential Staff for personnel appointed by Vladimir Putin. Viktor Ivanov is considered one of Putin's closest allies.