Commander of the 45th separate Special Forces brigade of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces
 

He takes direct participation in the criminal activity on the territory of Ukraine since 2014.

Date and place of birth: 02.01.1968, Homel, Belarus.

Education:

Kyiv Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Frunze (1990);

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2003).

Military service at the commanding positions:

1990-1992 – commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 75^th motorized rifle division (Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan) Trans-Caucasian Military District of the USSR Armed Forces;

1992-1993 – commander of the Special Forces group of the 2^nd battalion of the 9^th separate Special Forces brigade (military unit 83483, Kirovohrad, Ukraine) of the Southern Operational Command (Odessa, Ukraine) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

1993-2000 – group commander, deputy commander of the squad and commander of the Special Forces squad of the 45^th separate reconnaissance regiment (Kubinka, Moscow oblast, Russian Federation) of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces;

2000-2007 – deputy commander of the 45^th separate reconnaissance regiment (Kubinka, Moscow oblast, Russian Federation) of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces;

2007 – senior officer of the reconnaissance HQ of the Airborne Troops (Moscow) of the Russian Armed Forces;

2008-2012 – deputy commander of the 45^th separate Special Forces regiment (Kubinka, Moscow oblast, Russian Federation) of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces;

2012-2014 – commander of the 45^th separate Special Forces regiment (Kubinka, Moscow oblast, Russian Federation) of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces;

since 2014 – commander of the 45^th separate Special Forces brigade (Kubinka, Moscow oblast, Russian Federation) of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces.

Combat experience: Participant of the international armed conflicts in the former USSR, the CIS and Russia, participant of the 1^st and 2^nd Chechen wars, directly involved in the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the subordinate personnel of the 45^th SF brigade of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces took part in the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014, participates in warfare in the East of Ukraine on a rotation basis by separate units (up to 150 people) and has also performed sabotage and reconnaissance tasks in Mariupol direction from December 2014 to March 2015.

Additional information:

According to the decree of the President of Russia No. 732 from 04.08.2001, he was awarde the Title of the Hero of Russia for the performance of tasks on the territory of the Northern Caucasus; for participation in warfare in the territory of Ukraine, received the promotion to the position of the brigade commander.