Vyacheslav Fadeyevich Khizhnyakov (Russian: Вячеслав Фадеевич Хижняков; born 6 February 1952), is a Russian politician who served as the third Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia [ru] to the Federation Council from 1999 to 2004.
From 1987 to 1990, he was the deputy director for Production and Sales, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Volgodonsk Experimental Plant.
[2][3] On 12 May 1999, Khizhnyakov became the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia [ru] to the Federation Council.
[4] The press has repeatedly accused Khizhnyakov of maintaining ties with the entrepreneur and head of the Olimp [ru] criminal group Yevgeny Kudryavtsev.
Khizhnyakov was removed from the post as Plenipotentiary Representative in the Federation Council on 5 April 2004, after a commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an investigation in Volgodonsk into mass extortion from entrepreneurs by members of Olimp.