1. Admiral Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nosatov is a retired Russian Navy officer who was Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy from 2021 to 2024.
16 Facts About Aleksandr Nosatov
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Aleksandr Nosatov remained in the navy after its formation as a Russian military force, rising through the ranks and serving in a number of posts in the Pacific Fleet.
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Various staff appointments followed, before Aleksandr Nosatov transferred to the Black Sea Fleet as its deputy commander, and then chief of staff, in the early 2010s.
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Aleksandr Nosatov briefly became head of the Naval Academy in 2016, shortly before a purge of the Baltic Fleet's higher echelons that year.
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Aleksandr Nosatov was promoted to admiral in 2018, and has received several awards and decorations over his career.
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Aleksandr Nosatov was born on 27 March 1963 in Sevastopol, then part of the Ukrainian SSR, in the Soviet Union.
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Aleksandr Nosatov then went on to serve as commander of missile and artillery combat aboard the destroyer Bezboyaznenny and from 1991 was assistant to the flagship missile specialist of the 35th missile ship division.
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From 1993 Aleksandr Nosatov was commander of the Bezboyaznennys missile weapons.
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From 2002 to 2007 Aleksandr Nosatov was chief of staff and commander of the 36th division of surface ships.
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Aleksandr Nosatov undertook further studies, this time at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, which he left in 2009.
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Aleksandr Nosatov held this post until 2013, when he became the fleet's chief of staff.
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Aleksandr Nosatov was confirmed in his post by presidential decree on 17 September 2016.
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On 5 October 2021 Aleksandr Nosatov was appointed to the post of Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
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Over his years of service Aleksandr Nosatov has been awarded the Order of Military Merit and the Order of Naval Merit, as well as various departmental medals.
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Aleksandr Nosatov was one of the individuals targeted by sanctions over the Russo-Ukrainian war.
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Aleksandr Nosatov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.