Ministry of Defence (Russia)
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The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The president of Russia is the commander-in-chief of the forces and directs the activity of the min
The building of the National Defense Management Center on Frunzenskaya Embankment (house No. 22) in Moscow, the ministry headquarters
Defence Minister Andrey Belousov with military district commanders
Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg, former Defence Ministry building
Valery Gerasimov
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General of the Army Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov is a Russian military officer who has been the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and first deputy minister of defense since 2012.
Ministry of Defence (Russia)
…Andrey Belousov (since 14 May 2024) Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – General of the Army Valery Gerasimov (since 9 November 2012) First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation Leonid…
Official portrait, 2013
General Gerasimov leading a Victory Day parade in Moscow in a ZiL 41044, May 2011
Gerasimov with President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu, 9 November 2012
Gerasimov (right), Joseph Dunford (left) and Chief of the Turkish General Staff Hulusi Akar (middle) at a meeting to discuss their nations' operations in northern Syria, 6 March 2017