New commander of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh is already  at the station of contingent locations

ArmInfo.  New commander of the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Lieutenant General Alexei Avdeev is already at the station of  contingent locations.

He will replace Lieutenant General Rustam  Muradov in this position.  As the Russian Defense Department's  informed sources   told ArmInfo, Avdeev arrived in Yerevan two  days ago and has already left for Nagorno-Karabakh.

At the same time, the source said that within 2-3 weeks, the  acceptance and delivery of cases will be carried out, after which  Avdeev will begin to directly perform his tasks.

According to open data on the Internet, Avdeev was born on May 17,  1967 in Tashkent. Graduated from the Sverdlovsk Suvorov Military  School. Served in various command positions in the North Caucasian  Military District. Then in 1999 he graduated from the Combined Arms  Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Graduated from  the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the  Russian Federation in 2008. He held the posts of commander of a  motorized rifle division (Siberian Military District), Chief of the  Organizational and Mobilization Directorate - Deputy Chief of Staff  of the Siberian Military District for Organizational and Mobilization  Work (Novosibirsk), Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army  (Novosibirsk, Central Military District) , Chief of Staff - First  Deputy Commander of the 6th Combined Arms Red Banner Army (St.  Petersburg, Western Military District), etc.  Since 2019, Deputy  Commander of the Southern Military District. Participant of  hostilities in the North Caucasus region.