1. Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov is a Russian politician and lieutenant general who is currently the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation since 22 January 2020.
22 Facts About Aleksandr Matovnikov
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Aleksandr Matovnikov was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov was a member of the Russian Security Council from 2018 to 2020.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov was born on 19 September 1965 in Moscow.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov's father, Anatoly Mikhailovich Matovnikov, was a military man, a staff member of the State Security Committee, who in the 1980s held the post of deputy head of the secretariat of the 7th KGB Directorate, which was subordinate to the Alpha Group.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov held the positions of the head of the 2nd department of the 1st department of the Alpha Group and the first deputy head of the Alpha Group.
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In 1987, Aleksandr Matovnikov took part in the protection of the General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, who came on a state visit to Washington DC.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov took part in the First and Second Chechen Wars, in several special operations, including in the North Caucasus.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov was one of the leaders of the responses to the Budyonnovsk hospital, and Moscow theater hostage crises.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov further was part of an investigation into the circumstances of the Beslan school siege.
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In 2015, after Alexey Dyumin left for the post of Deputy Defense Minister, Aleksandr Matovnikov became Commander of the MTR and Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov was at the command posts he took part in the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war.
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On 22 February 2018, Aleksandr Matovnikov he was promoted to Lieutenant General.
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On 3 July 2018, Aleksandr Matovnikov was included in the Russian Security Council.
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From 2018 to 2019, Aleksandr Matovnikov took part in resolving the situation with the territorial dispute between Chechnya and Ingushetia and the protests that arose in this regard.
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On 22 January 2020, Putin appointed former Prosecutor General Yury Chaika to the post of plenipotentiary in the North Caucasus Federal District, on the same day Aleksandr Matovnikov was transferred to the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russia to replace Colonel General Aleksander Lentsov.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov is on good terms with the leaders of the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov is friends with Ramzan, and make visits to him.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov is a member of the Association of Veterans of Alpha Anti-Terror Unit, conducts active military-patriotic work.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov is fond of mountain skiing, football, and horse riding.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov owns a land plot with an area of 478 sq.
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Aleksandr Matovnikov's wife owns two apartments with an area of 38.1 and 104.7 square meters.