President Vladimir Putin issued 23 general and flag officer promotions for Defender’s Day 2015

Source : http://publication.pravo.gov.ru

The list included:

Three-star general-colonel rank for GRU Chief Igor Sergun and Ground Troops Main Staff Chief Sergey Istrakov.

Two-star ranks for the head of the General Staff’s military-scientific committee and a deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet.

One-star general-major for the commanders of the 98th Airborne Division, the 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade, the 6th Tank Brigade, the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the chief of VVS radar troops.

One-star for the deputy chief of staff of the Southern MD, chief of the Plesetsk cosmodrome, and head of the RVSN’s missile armaments directorate.