As part of fairly wholesale turnover in command personnel, on 24 December, Kremlin.ru published two more presidential decrees with changes in a series of military posts.
Commanders at four first-rank air bases (Budennovsk, Orenburg, Shaykovka, and Belaya) are relieved of duty. 12th GUMO three-star Verkhovstev is replaced by a colonel who commanded a missile regiment just five years ago. And there’s what sounds like a change at a national nuclear weapons storage site. General-Colonel Gerasimov officially becomes a Deputy Chief of the General Staff. And there’s more unwinding of personnel from former MDs.
Relieve of current duties:
- Colonel Dmitriy Anatolyevich Voloshin, Commander, 6956th Air Base (1st rank).
- Colonel Oleg Vladimirovich Makovetskiy, Commander, 6971st Air Base (1st rank).
- Colonel Andrey Nikolayevich Medvedkov, Deputy Chief of Armaments, Air Forces.
- Colonel Aleksandr Viktorovich Tsylev, Commander, 6951st Guards Aviation Base (1st rank).
- Colonel Villington Vladimirovich Tsyrengarmayev, Commander, 6953rd Guards Aviation Base (1st rank).
Relieve of current duties and dismiss:
- General-Colonel Vladimir Nikolayevich Verkhovtsev, Chief, 12th Main Directorate, Defense Ministry.
- General-Major Andrey Yuryevich Glinskiy, Chief, Missile Troops and Artillery, Far East MD.
- General-Major Anatoliy Yuryevich Razmakhnin, Chief, Personnel Directorate, Far East MD.
Appoint:
- General-Colonel Valeriy Vasilyevich Gerasimov, Deputy Chief, General Staff, relieved of duty as Commander, Moscow MD.
- Colonel Yuriy Grigoryevich Sych, Chief, 12th Main Directorate, Defense Ministry.
Dismiss from military service:
- General-Major Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kukushkin.
- General-Major of Justice Vladimir Polikarpovich Sviderskiy.
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Appoint:
- General-Major Sergey Valeryevich Kostarev, Chief, Military Communications Academy, relieve of duty as Chief of Communications, Deputy Chief of Staff, Siberian MD.
- General-Major Vladimir Anatolyevich Fedorov, Chief, 1201st Facility “S” – Regional Nuclear Security Center, relieve of duty as Chief, 957th Facility “S” – Regional Nuclear Security Center.
Relieve of current duties:
- Colonel Aleksey Alekseyevich Ivannikov, Chief, Armor Service, Siberian MD.
- Colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Morev, Chief of Inspections, Personnel Inspectorate, Defense Ministry.
- Captain First Rank Aleksandr Veniaminovich Pepin, Chief of Inspections, Personnel Inspectorate, Defense Ministry.
Dismiss from military service:
- General-Major Nikolay Vladimirovich Gorchakov.
- General-Major Leonid Eduardovich Tishkevich.
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