Senior military leaders of the Russian Federation were profiled last December by the Russian publication “Rossiyskoye Voyennoye Obozreniye” and the resulting compilation was recently translated by the DNI Open Source Center (OSC). The personal and professional backgrounds of some two dozen military leaders are summarized and accompanied by photographs, some of which are quite striking.
The OSC translation has not been approved for public release, but a copy was obtained by Secrecy News. See “Russia: Biographies, Photos of RF Armed Forces Leadership,” Rossiyskoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, December 29, 2008, via the Open Source Center.
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