Kadyrov called Surovikin’s “real general and warrior”, who led people who crushed people during the couch of 1991 by a column of equipment

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the Russian Army General Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed commander of the united grouping of troops in Ukraine on October 8, a “real general and warrior”. He published a congratulation on the appointment in his Telegram channel. It was Surovikin in 1991 by the decision of the GKChP who led the column armored vehicle, which during the August puttow crushed people. Then three defenders of the White House were killed: Vladimir Usov, Dmitry Komar and Ilya Krichevsky. According to the official version, in the tunnel under the new Arbat “the column was stopped by the crowd, blockages were built on the road.

Kadyrov in the message stated that he personally was familiar with “Sergey Vladimirovich for almost 15 years.”

“I can definitely say about him that this is a real general and a warrior, an experienced, strong -willed and far -sighted commander, for whom such concepts as patriotism, honor and dignity are always above all.”

The head of Chechnya added that he was glad to appoint, and that the combined group of troops is now in good hands. According to him, Surovikin will fix the situation in the “special operation” zone for the better.

In 1995, Surovikina was found guilty of several crimes at once: consideration, acquisition and sale, as well as wearing firearms and ammunition without appropriate permission. These articles of the Criminal Code provided for up to 8 years in prison, but, as Radio Liberty notes , the sentence turned out to be humane: one year in prison. Later, “when the investigation figured out that the officer was framed, the prosecution was removed and the criminal record was repaid,” writes Project. Project also reported that in March 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Tsibizov accused the division commander Major General Surovikin of beating for political reasons. Later Tsibizov took his statement from the prosecutor's office.

In 2014, already being the commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District, as the then head of the headquarters of Navalny Leonid Volkov, Sergei Surovikin worked in the Rostov region, where he led the sending of tank units subordinated to him to the southeast. In 2017, Putin appointed Surovikin the commander of the aerospace forces. Twice during this period, he sent to Syria, where he spent more than a year in total. In June 2022, it became known that Surovikin commands the southern group of troops in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense then reported that, under the command of Surovikin, the troops completed the "defeat of the surrounded group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the" Gorsky Cauldron ". In this post, he replaced Alexander Dvornikov.