Major General Valery Ivanovich Flyustikov () is a Russian military officer. Since 2018, he has served as the commander of the
Russian Special Operations Forces
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly known as the Special Operations Forces (SOF; rus, Силы специальных операций; ССО, Sily spetsial’nykh operatsiy; SSO) are strategic-l ...
replacing
Aleksandr Matovnikov
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Матовников; born on 19 September 1965), is a Russian statesman and military leader, who is a Lieutenant General as of 2018, and currently the Deputy C ...
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In April 2022, Flyustikov was added to the British government's sanctions list, in relation to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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Russian generals
Russian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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