1. Andrey Valeryevich Kartapolov is a Russian politician and former army officer of the Russian Army.
24 Facts About Andrey Kartapolov
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Andrey Kartapolov had commanded the Western Military District from 2015 to 2016, and again from 2017 to 2018.
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Andrey Kartapolov is currently a member of parliament, a deputy of the State Duma, elected on 19 September 2021.
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Andrey Kartapolov was born in Weimar, East Germany, on 9 November 1963.
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Andrey Kartapolov graduated from the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in 1985, the Frunze Military Academy in 1993, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia in 2007.
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Andrey Kartapolov rose from platoon commander to commander of a motorized rifle division in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, the Western Group of Forces, and the Far Eastern Military District.
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From May 2010 to January 2012, Andrey Kartapolov was the Commander of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus, then the Southern Military District.
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On 13 December 2012, Andrey Kartapolov was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
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On 11 June 2015, Andrey Kartapolov was promoted to colonel general.
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On 10 November 2015, Andrey Kartapolov was appointed commander of the Western Military District.
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From 19 December 2016 to March 2017, Andrey Kartapolov was the commander of the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war.
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On 30 July 2018, by decree of the President of Russia, Andrey Kartapolov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense, the Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate.
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Andrey Kartapolov thus became the ninth Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia and headed the GVPU, recreated on the same day, to strengthen military-patriotic education in the Armed Forces of Russia.
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On 18 November 2019, the Decree of the President of Russia, No 561, Andrey Kartapolov was included in the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation.
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Andrey Kartapolov is a member of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense.
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Andrey Kartapolov was elected on 19 September 2021 a deputy of the 8th State Duma, and as of April 2023 chaired the Defence Committee there.
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On 5 October 2021, by decree of the President of Russia, Andrey Kartapolov was relieved of his post as head of the Main Military-Political Directorate and released from military service in connection with his transfer to work in the State Duma.
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On 18 March 2022 Andrey Kartapolov informed other members of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly about Russian investigations of US involvement in Ukrainian biolabs.
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On 10 April 2023 as chair of the Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov stated that soon-to-come legislative amendments would make it illegal to ignore electronic all military draft summonses.
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On 11 April 2023 Andrey Kartapolov made a statement to the State Duma about his committee's investigation into activities of the supposed US biological laboratories in Ukraine.
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On 24 June 2024 Andrey Kartapolov warned that Russia might change the doctrine for the application of nuclear weapons, to shorten the chain of command and thus to speed delivery.
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Andrey Kartapolov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2015 for his role in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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Andrey Kartapolov is one of the members of the State Duma sanctioned by the United States Treasury on 24 March 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Air Defense belongs to the Western Military District, of which Andrey Kartapolov was the chief of staff at that time.