Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; 5 January 1952, Gorky – 8 April 2019) was a Russian politician, the Permanent Representative for Russia to the European Council (1998), and Deputy Minister of Justice in Russia.
Since 2011 until his death he was a Russian State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.Likhachyov was the son of Nina F.
Likhachyova and was married to Nailya Imatovna Taktasheva and had two daughters.