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Vladimir Anatolievich Shamanov ( Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 15 February 1957) is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from May 2009 [1] to October 2016 and a Russian politician.
Jun 12, 2024 · Shamanov has slammed Russia’s defense ministry for providing troops with poor quality uniforms. VLADIMIR RODIONOV/RIA NOVOSTI/AFP/Getty Images. Shamanov led the Russian Airborne Troops from...
- Isabel Van Brugen
- 1 min
Aug 19, 2011 · These officers (from a variety of security agencies) have merged state, business, and private interests, resulting in a distortion of traditional civil-military relations. As a high-level advisor, and now as Airborne Commander, General Shamanov continues to influence the course of military reform.
- Ray Finch
- 2011
Vladimir Shamanov, retired Colonel-General of the Russian army, has slammed the military for providing poor-quality uniforms to soldiers fighting in Ukraine. Shamanov entered the political...
Oct 2, 2023 · Colonel-General (Ret.) Vladimir Shamanov, former Commander of the VDV, argues that the VDV should stay as a light mechanized combined arms force capable of air-mobile operations. He cites the experience of the SMO and the importance of airborne units in modern warfare.
In late September 2009, one of the few remaining independent national Russian newspapers published a story alleging that the current commander of the Russian airborne forces (VDV), General Vladimir A. Shamanov (see Figure 1), had directed soldiers to seize a building in Moscow in order. This article is not subject to US copyright law.
Mar 23, 2016 · These unexpected developments are as much a reflection of the dynamism of their commander, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov, as they are of the defence and foreign policy direction of the Russian president, Shamanov’s close friend Vladimir Putin.
