Russian Airborne Forces
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The Russian Airborne Forces is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a rapid response force and strategic reserve that is under the President of Russia, reporting directl
Russian paratroopers on patrol in Bosnia as members of the Implementation Force, 1996
A VDV paratrooper and a US Army soldier in Bosnia, 1996
Paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in Kazakhstan, 1999
VDV spetsnaz in Georgia during the Russo-Georgian War, 2008
Alexander Kolmakov
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Alexander Petrovich Kolmakov is a retired Russian Airborne Forces colonel general who served as the commander of the Airborne Forces from 2003 to 2007. He was also the First Deputy Minister of Defense
Kolmakov in 2006
Kolmakov with President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Ivanov, and Georgy Shpak, 2003
Kolmakov (right) as VDV commander in 2004