the commander of the air defence battalion of the 3^rd separate motorized rifle brigade (Horlivka, Ukraine) of the 1^st AC (Donetsk, Ukraine) of the Center of the Territorial Forces of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces

Since January 2015, has taken direct part in criminal activity in the territory of Ukraine.

In the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine uses the undercover name: RYBAKOV Andrii Anatoliiovych.

Position and place of service before he was seconded to participate in the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine: chief of the Air Defence of the 7^th military base (Hadauta, Abkhaziia) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

Date and place of birth: 09.02.1974, Sukhumi, Georgia.

Education:

Air Defence Missile Command School of the Russian Armed Forces in St. Petersburg (1997);

Military Academy of the Air Defence of the Russian Armed Forces in Smolensk (2010).

Military service at the commanding positions:

1997 – 2001 – platoon leader, commander of the battery of the battery of the 253^rd separate air defence missile-artillery division of the 138^th separate motorized rifle brigade (Kamenka, Vyborh rayon, Leninhrad oblast);

2001 – 2008 – battery commander, commander of the division of the 246^th separate air defence missile-artillery division (settlement of Luostari Nyzhne, Pechenhskyi rayon) of the 200^th separate motorized rifle brigade (Pechenha, Murmansk oblast);

2010 – January 2015 – commander of the air defence division, chief of the Air Defence of the 7^th military base (Hadauta, Abkhaziia) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.