Alexey Vasilievich Naumets (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Наумец; born 11 February 1968) is a

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units of ...

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. He served with the airborne troops from 1986 and fought in the

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and

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. Naumets was severely injured in a car accident with Russian Airborne Troops commander

Vladimir Shamanov Vladimir Anatolyevich 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 M ...

in October 2010 while acting commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In February 2013, he was appointed commander of the

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. He was promoted to major general in June 2014. Naumets was placed on the

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sanctions list in September 2014 for his command of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Crimea.

Military service

Naumets graduated from the Ryazan School of Communications in 1986 and was sent to the

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. Naumets was involved in the suppression of the Fergana riots and the Osh riots in 1990. He served in the

with the 247th Air Assault Regiment. In 2005 he became chief of staff of the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Airborne Division. On 2 June 2007 Naumets was appointed commander of the 247th Air Assault Regiment. He led the regiment in the

, where it fought in the Battle of Kodori Gorge. On 24 August 2009 he became chief of staff of the

106th Guards Airborne Division The 106th Guards Tula Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Airborne Division, more generally referred to as the Tula Division, is one of the four airborne divisions of the Russian Airborne Troops, the VDV (russian: Воздушно-десантные во ...

. Naumets became acting commander of the division in July 2010. On 31 October he was seriously injured in a car accident along with Vladimir Shamanov. Division deputy commander

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took command of the division. After recovering from his injuries Naumets resumed duty as division chief of staff. On 27 February 2013 Naumets was appointed commander of the

. During the spring of 2014 the 76th Division participated in the annexation of Crimea. On 12 June he was promoted to major general.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to

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. For his leadership of the division in Crimea, Naumets was placed on the European Union sanctions list in September 2014. He was placed on the Canadian sanctions list in February 2015. In late November 2015 Naumets was awarded the Order of Military Merit because the 76th Division was for three consecutive years considered the most efficient airborne detachment.

Personal life

Naumets is married to Nelly and has a son, Igor.

References

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