Rustam Muradov appointed commander of the Eastern Military District

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, said that General Rustam Muradov had been appointed commander of the Eastern Military District.

“Rustam Usmanovich has always been a leader who led others, a strategist who makes the right decisions, a courageous fighter who goes on the attack first. I am sure that these qualities of his, as well as military education and combat experience gained in the most “hot” spots – in Chechnya and Syria – will help to brilliantly cope with combat missions, ”the head of the republic wrote in his letter. Telegram channel.

As follows from the database of the service for the analysis of Russian legal entities RusprofileMr. Muradov became the head of the strategic command of the Eastern Military District on October 5.

In July, the Ministry of Defense said that Mr. Muradov was in command of the Vostok group in Ukraine. In 2017, he received the title of Hero of Russia. Since December 2018, he has been the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District. He also commanded the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Previously, the post of Commander of the Air Defense Forces was held by Alexander Chaiko. There were no official notifications of his dismissal or transfer from the Ministry of Defense, and there are no relevant documents on the legal information portal either.

Andrey Sapozhnikov