In a major shakeup
of of the government and military as
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree promoting six senior officers
said on Thursday in the official portal of legal information.
Of these six were
Vladimir Benedict Andrew Kholzyakov were raised to the rank of lieutenant
general. Oleg Makovetskii, Timur Trubienko, Oleg Chesnokov and Alexander
Shulepov got promoted to major general.
Also by
presidential decree he dismissed nearly 20 generals. Among those let go was the
lieutenant general of police, Sergey Lavrov(not the foreign minister), as well
as the head of media relations in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Andrei
Pilipchuk.
The first deputy
commander of the central regional military command, Vladimir Padalko, was also
dismissed, according to the Gazeta.
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