Article: RUSSIA: SERGEEV PROMOTES RUSSIAN MILITARY COMMANDERS IN CHECHNYA.(Igot Sergeev promotes Viktor Kazantsev, Gennadii Troshev, and Vladimir Shamanov)

Visiting Grozny on 21 February to mark Defenders of the Fatherland Day (on 23 February), Igor Sergeev promoted Colonel-General Viktor Kazantsev, who commands the combined federal forces in Chechnya, to the rank of army general, Interfax reported. Kazantsev's first deputy, Lieutenant- General Gennadii Troshev, was promoted to colonel-general, while the commander of the eastern front in Chechnya, Major- General Vladimir Shamanov, was promoted to Lieutenant- General. Also on 21 February, Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo said his ministry may assume command ...

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