Alexei_Khvostov--Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)

Aleksey Nikolayevich Khvostov (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Хвосто́в, IPA: [xvɐˈstof]) (1 July 1872 – 23 August 1918) was a right-wing Russian politician and the leader of the Russian Assembly. He was a governor, a Privy Councillor (Russia), a chamberlain, a member of the Black Hundreds, and anti-German. He supported the Union of the Russian People. He was Minister of Interior for five months, opposed constitutional reforms and publicly accused Rasputin of spying for Germany. He had to resign after he planned to secretly have him eliminated.