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Sergey Viktorovich
Сергей Викторович Каракаев
Official portrait, 2015
Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 22, 2010
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byAndrey Shvaichenko
Personal details
Born
Sergey Viktorovich Karakaev

(1961-06-04) 4 June 1961 (age 63)
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service1983–present
RankColonel general

Sergei Viktorovich Karakaevru (Russian: Сергей Викторович Каракаев; born 4 June 1961) is a Russian military officer who has served as the Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation since 2010.[1][2]

Biography

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In 1983, he graduated from the 4th Faculty of the Rostov Higher Military Command and Engineering School, named after Chief Marshal of Artillery M.I. Nedelin. In 1994, he graduated from the command department of the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Military Academy[3]. From 1983 to 1986, he was an engineer and senior engineer, deputy commander from 1986 to 1987, and commander of the launch group from 1987 to 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he was the chief of staff of the 320th Missile Regiment, named after the 70th anniversary of Great October Revolution. From 1994 until 1997, he was commander of the 168th Kaluga Missile Regiment. From 2001 until 2006, he was the head of the Second Department of the First Department of the Main Personnel Department of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Defense. He graduated in absentia from the Northwest Academy of Public Service in 2004.[4] From April 2006 to September 2008, he was the commander of the 27th Guards missile unit in the Vitebsk army.[5] In 2009, he graduated with honors from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. On June 22, 2010, President Vladmir Putin appointed him commander of the Russian Federation's Strategic Missile Forces[6]. The military rank of "Colonel General" was awarded to him on August 9, 2012.

Sanctions

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As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom[7] and New Zealand[8] imposed sanctions on December 13, 2022, after he was involved in missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.[9] On February 25, 2023, Karakaev was added to the European Union's sanctions list.[10]

 
With Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces

References

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  1. ^ Podvig, Pavel (2010-06-22). "Change of command in the Strategic Rocket Forces". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
  2. ^ "РВСН получат новые ракеты". lsop.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  3. ^ "4 июня 2021 года нашему земляку - Командующему Ракетными войсками стратегического назначения Российской Федерации Сергею Викторовичу Каракаеву исполняется 60 лет". www.adm-kush.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  4. ^ "Сергей Каракаев биография. Биография Сергей Каракаев. Личная жизнь Сергей Каракаев - Свободная Пресса". svpressa.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  5. ^ "Каракаев Сергей Викторович - Российский Военачальник - Биография". rus.team (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  6. ^ "Karakayev Replaces Shvaychenko as RVSN Commander". Russian Defense Policy. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  7. ^ "Who is subject to financial sanctions in the UK?". GOV.UK. 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  8. ^ Trade, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and. "Russia Sanctions". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  9. ^ Trade, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and. "Russia Sanctions Register". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  10. ^ "European Union sanctions | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-25.


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