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Rutskoy Alexander
Rutskoy Alexander
Rutskoy Alexander Vladimirovich
Born in 1947 in Kursk. Graduated from the Air Force Academy. Yu. A. Gagarin, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR named after. K. E. Voroshilova.
In 1985-1986 and 1988, he participated in combat operations as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
In 1988 - Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the 40th Army.
That same year he was shot down and captured in Pakistan. He was exchanged for a Pakistani intelligence officer and handed over to Soviet representatives in Islamabad.
In 1991-1993 - Vice President of the Russian Federation.
On September 3, 1993, he was relieved of his post as Vice President of the Russian Federation.
On October 4, 1993, he was detained as one of the participants in the events of October 3-4 in Moscow.
In February 1994, he was amnestied by a resolution of the State Duma.
In 1996, Rutskoi was elected Governor of the Kursk region.
In 1997, he successfully defended his candidate's dissertation on the topic "Economic reforms of the agro-industrial complex of the Kursk region."
Married, has three sons and a daughter. The eldest is a graduate of the Medical Academy, the middle one is a graduate of the Financial Academy. The youngest son is 1 year old.
Contact numbers in the Federation Council: 292-63-76; 292-07-49, fax: 926-67-89.
Contact numbers in the administration of the governor of the Kursk region: (07122) 2-62-62, 2-78-16