Vladimir Anatolievich Shamanov is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from May 2009 to October 2016 and a Russian politician. After his retirement in October 2016, Shamanov became head of the State Duma Defense Committee.
official portrait, 2010
Controversial image of Robert H. Foglesong, U.S. President George W. Bush, and Vladimir Shamanov in the Oval Office.
The Russian Airborne Forces is the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units of the Soviet Airborne Forces that came under Russian control following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Russian paratroopers at Tuzla Air Base in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1997 as members of the Stabilization Force.
Paratroopers of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in Kazakhstan in 1999.
Paratroopers of the 83rd Airborne Brigade preparing for jump drills in 2017.
Paratroopers at the 2008 Victory Day parade.