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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Oct 5, 2020, 5 tweets

Photos from the “Undefeated” shooting competition in Tula in honor of VDV Captain Zhidkov. It was attended by Deputy Defense Minister Yevkurov, VDV Commander Serdyukov, and the two previous commanders of SSO, Alexey Dyumin and Alexander Matovnikov.
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Photos of Dyumin, who is now the governor of Tula, and Matovnikov, who is now the Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces and was a career FSB Alfa before serving as Dyumin’s deputy and commander of SSO, with SSO specialists. 2/
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Photo of Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov, who was a career VDV Officer who took part in the dash to Pristina, with Vadim Gridnev, a current SSO commander who previously served in the VDV’s 45th Spetsnaz Brigade. 3/
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Yevkurov with Andrey Savitsky the commander of SSO’s Kubinka-2 unit and a previous career FSB Alfa officer. 4/
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Yevkurov with Dyumin and Gridnev. 5/
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