Sergei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (russian: Сергей Станиславович Елисеев, uk, Сергій Станіславович Єлісєєв; born 24 October 1961
[Chubuk, O. ]
The marine country needs a contemporary fleet (Морській державі потрібен сучасний флот)
'. Uryadovyi Kurier. 28 July 2012) is a
Vice Admiral, former First Deputy Commander and acting commander-in-chief of the
Ukrainian Navy who
defected
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...
to Russia in 2014 during
Russian annexation of Crimea.
Early career
He graduated from a Soviet naval school in
Kaliningrad in 1983 and previously served with the
Russian Pacific Fleet of the
Soviet Navy.
Career with Ukraine
In 1993, Yeliseyev joined the newly formed
Ukrainian Navy and in 1999–2001 he was a commander of
Ropucha-class landing ship
The Ropucha class (Polish for ''Toad''), Soviet designation Project 775, is a class of landing ships (large landing ship in Soviet classification) built in Poland for the Soviet Navy. The ships were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północn ...
U402 ''Kostyantyn Olshanskyi''.
In 2004, he graduated from the National Defense Academy of Ukraine.
In 2010, he was appointed the First Deputy Commander of the
Ukrainian Navy and later on promoted to
Vice-admiral.
Defection to Russia
From 19 February to 1 March 2014, Yeliseyev was acting Commander of the
Ukrainian Navy as the First Deputy Commander. In March 2014, he broke the military oath of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces and sided with the
Russian Federation against Ukraine along with another high-ranking military officer, the appointed commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy
Denis Berezovsky
Denis Valentinovich Berezovsky ( ua, Денис Валентинович Березовський, russian: Дени́с Валенти́нович Березо́вский; born 15 July 1974) is a rear admiral and the Russian Black Sea Fleet d ...
in the wake of the
Crimean Crisis.
In August 2014, the Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine accused Eliseev of
treason and
desertion
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which ar ...
.
Career with Russian Navy
Since July 2014, he has served as a Deputy Commander of the Russian
Baltic Fleet
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and retained his rank of Vice-admiral in the Russian Navy.
Eliseev was the only senior officer in the command of the Baltic Fleet who retained his post after the dismissal of the then Baltic fleet commander Vice-admiral in June 2016 and the subsequent removal of more officers from the headquarters of the fleet for failure to comply to rules and regulations.
See also
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Denis Berezovsky
Denis Valentinovich Berezovsky ( ua, Денис Валентинович Березовський, russian: Дени́с Валенти́нович Березо́вский; born 15 July 1974) is a rear admiral and the Russian Black Sea Fleet d ...
References
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1961 births
Living people
People from Noginsk
Russian sailors
Fugitives wanted by Ukraine
Ukrainian admirals
Ukrainian defectors
Naval commanders of Ukraine
People of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Russian admirals
Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class