Cadre Changes in the Armed Forces

Three more decrees from President Medvedev, published yesterday (there’s still one more ukaz from early this year your author hasn’t covered).

Appoint:

Colonel Valeriy Grigoryevich Asapov, Commander, 37th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade.
Colonel Andrey Anatolyevich Burbin, Commander, 7th Missile Division.
General-Major Aleksey Vladimirovich Zavizon, Commander, 136th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade.
Colonel Dmitriy Leonidovich Kostyunin, Commander, 6950th Aviation Base (1st Rank).
Captain 1st Rank Aleksandr Alekeyevich Moiseyev, Deputy Commander, Submarine Forces.
Rear-Admiral Sergey Grigoryevich Rekish, Chief, Organization-Mobilization Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff for Organization-Mobilization Work, Pacific Fleet.
Captain 1st Rank, Arkadiy Yuryevich Romanov, Chief, Organization-Mobilization Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff for Organization-Mobilization Work, Northern Fleet.
Colonel Oleg Mussovich Tsekov, Commander, 200th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade.

Relieve:

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Relieve:

Colonel Valeriy Mikhaylovich Zhila, Commander, 37th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade.
Colonel Pavel Valentinovich Kirsi, Commander, 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division.

Relieve and dismiss from military service:

Rear-Admiral Yuriy Vladimirovich Baylo, Chief of Rear Services, Deputy Commander for Rear Services, Pacific Fleet.

Appoint:

Colonel Stepan Aleksandrovich Vorontsov, Chief, Rear Support Directorate, Western MD.
General-Major Aleksandr Valentinovich Golovko, Chief, 1st State Testing Cosmodrome, relieved as Chief, 153rd Main Test Center and Space Systems Directorate.
Colonel Dmitriy Vladimirovich Krayev, Commander, 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division.
General-Major Oleg Vladimirovich Maydanovich, Chief, 153rd Main Test Center and Space Systems Directorate, relieved as Chief, 1st State Test Cosmodrome.

Dismiss from military service:

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Appoint:

General-Major Sergey Vasilyevich Varfolomeyev, Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander, 4th Air Forces and Air Defense Command, relieved as Deputy Commander, 1st Air Forces and Air Defense Command.
General-Major Igor Mikhaylovich Nerestyuk, Deputy Commander, 1st Air Forces and Air Defense Command, relieved as Commander, 6983rd Guards Aviation Base (1st Rank).
Colonel Aleksandr Vasilyevich Duplinskiy, Commander, 6983rd Guards Aviation Base (1st Rank).
Colonel Vladimir Viktorovich Kvashin, Commander, 62nd Missile Division.

Relieve and dismiss from military service:

Rear-Admiral Aleksey Borisovich Tuzov, Deputy Chief, Navy Training-Scientific Center “Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy.”

Dismiss from military service: