commander of the 2nd sep MR bde of the 2nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces (autumn 2014 – winter 2015)

In the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine uses the undercover name: TURNOV Oleh Mussovych.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression against Ukraine: commander of the 200^th sep MR bde of the Coastal Defense Troops of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation Navy (Pechenga, Murmansk Oblast).

Year of birth: 1967.

Education:

Cheliabinsk Higher Tank Command School (1990);

Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2011).

Military service at the commanding positions:

2007 – 2009 – commander of the 74^th sep MR bde of the Central Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

2011 – 2014 – commander of the 200^th sep MR bde of the Coastal Defense Troops of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation Navy;

autumn 2014 – spring 2015 – commander of the 2^nd sep MR bde of the 2^nd AC (Luhansk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces (Novocherkask, Russia) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces;

since spring 2015 – commander of the 200^th sep MR bde (Pechenga, Murmansk Oblast) of the Coastal Defense Troops of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation Navy.

Combat experience: participant of the Chechen campaigns of 1995 and 2000.

Additional information:

received the rank of "Major General", according to the Decree of the Russian President No.91 from 21.02.2015.