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.