Admiral Sergei Avakyants, 65, had held the position of Pacific Fleet commander since 2012. A Kremlin official announced his resignation on Thursday.
's apparent demotion of the long-time commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, has raised questions.
Headshot of Sergei Avakyants in uniform. He was appointed commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet in May 2012 but has now resigned.and torpedo tests as part of a"surprise inspection" of its Pacific Fleet. However, the Institute for the Study of War , a U.S.-based think tank, assessed that the admiral was"demoted" by the Kremlin amid the defense ministry's ongoing surprise readiness check.
According to state-run news agency Tass, pilot centers are being set up in 12 regions: Buryatia, Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Kalmykia, Tatarstan, Chechen Republic, Khabarovsk Territory, Belgorod, Kemerovo, Pskov, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen regions and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
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