Russian President Vladimir Putin signed out his Constitution Day promotion list on December 12. View the ukaz here.
The MOD promotees have been appended to this list of more than 360 Russian general and flag officers.
In this round of advancement, there was a three-star promotion, four two-star, and 20 one-star promotions.
The most prominent promotees were Andrey Demin, in charge of Russia’s ballistic missile defenses, Sergey Sevryukov, 49th Combined Arms Army, and Aleksandr Chayko, 1st Tank Army. Each received his second star.
Promotions also included first stars for:
- Two Ground Troops brigade commanders.
- Two RVSN missile division commanders.
- Demin’s subordinate at the 9th Missile Defense Division.
- Two Northern Fleet surface formation commanders.
The balance included three staff officers, two logisticians, three military academics, and seven officers for whom a current post couldn’t be found.
General-Major Zabit Kheirbekov
One of the material support officers is General-Major Zabit Kheirbekov, who is chief logistics officer at Khmeimim air base in Syria. Russia is learning that long-distance expeditionary warfare is all about supply. It hasn’t experienced this in quite a while.
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