New head of GRU appointed

February 3 2016 53

Lieutenant-General Igor Korobov was appointed by the decree of the president by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, reports RIA News the message of the representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov.

“By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Korobov was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by the Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” said Konashenkov.

"Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu handed the personal standard to the Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Lieutenant General Igor Korobov," the department’s release said.

The previous head of the GRU, Igor Sergun, suddenly died on January 3.

Help Russian newspaper: “The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the central governing body of military intelligence in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the law "On Foreign Intelligence", the GRU solves a number of tasks of a military-political, military-technical, actually military and military-economic nature.

In addition to conducting strategic and operational intelligence, the GRU since its inception (5 in November 1918) has been charged with obtaining military-technical information and information about scientific achievements in the military field from potential adversaries and the most developed countries.

The modern structure and size of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of Russia is a state secret. The head of the GRU reports only to the chief of the General Staff and the minister of defense.

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Sirocco

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3 February 2016 10: 51

I hope that we will not find out anything about how and what will happen in the GRU under the new leader.
1. cniza
  
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  3 February 2016 10: 58
  
  Quote: Starover_Z
  The news is trivial, but why shine on the whole world a person who leads such an organization that was previously classified? Why this PR, it’s not the artistic director of the MosSoviet Theater ?!
  
  This is so that the enemies would not bother and did not incur additional costs for both parties, probably, it’s not so foolish to be more profitable.
  1. bort4145
    
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    3 February 2016 11: 04
    
    Read not here really
    The secrecy of Korobov’s personality will almost certainly cause a sharp increase in GRU activity in the near future. The GRU is a special intelligence, it has a rule: while no one knows you, use it!
    Yeah, that's right.
    And for an article on such a portal, it’s not enough
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    One of his four deputies became the new head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation instead of Igor Sergun who died on January 3.
    The GRU is one of the most closed power units: the structure, strength and even biographies of the authorities are a state secret. According to Kommersant’s information, Mr. Sergun recently had at least four deputies. Little is known about them. So, in the 2011 year, General Vyacheslav Kondrashov was already the deputy of the previous GRU chief Alexander Shlyakhturov, in May of that year he presented a report to the General Staff Academy on the tactical and technical characteristics of ballistic missiles in service in the countries of the Near and Middle East (including Iran and North Korea). General Sergei Gizunov, before his appointment to the GRU headquarters, led the 85 main center of the special service, and at the end of the 2009 year he became a laureate of the Russian government prize in science and technology.
    
    In May 2000, Igor Lelin was a military attache of the Russian Federation in Estonia with the rank of colonel (he is mentioned in the report of a local publication dedicated to laying flowers at the memorial to the soldiers-liberators in Tõnismägi Square), by the year 2013 he was promoted to major general and served as deputy commander General Directorate of Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2014, he was transferred to the GRU. The fourth deputy of Igor Sergun is General Igor Korobov. There is no mention of his participation in any public events, but it is his interlocutors who call Kommersant “a serious person” and consider him the most likely candidate for a vacant post.
    
    Sources close to the General Staff say that the new chief of military intelligence will lead an extremely efficient and balanced management, "this is a merit of Igor Dmitrievich (Sergun. -" Kommersant) "." Expressing condolences to the family and colleagues of the general, Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu said that it was under his leadership that the “Russian military intelligence system was further developed, functioned with proper efficiency, and timely revealed new challenges and threats to the security of the Russian Federation.” It should be noted that General Sergun headed the GRU immediately after the reforms of Alexander Shlyakhturov, which provided for the reduction in the number of special forces brigades, as well as the transfer of part of the units to the military districts. According to the General Staff officer, after the appointment of Sergei Shoigu as head of the military department, Igor Sergun carried out a structural reorganization of the GRU, rolling back some changes to his former chief. And already in February — March of 2014, the special service played one of the main roles in the operation to annex Crimea to Russia.
    
    Now the GRU is actively involved in the planning of Russia's air operations in Syria, and also provides space, electronic and intelligence intelligence data to the country's top military and political leadership. Given the importance of this work, it can be assumed that a presidential decree on the appointment of a new GRU chief will be signed in the very near future.
    1. gray smeet
      
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      3 February 2016 12: 29
      
      The previous head of the GRU, Igor Sergun, suddenly died on January 3.
      
      For days I read Old, from the Western media, they claim that Igor Sergun (former head of the GRU) allegedly was killed in Libya ....
      
      Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
      1. iouris
        
        +1
        
        3 February 2016 12: 54
        
        And it seems that the previous one "drowned in Turkey".
      2. antoXa
        
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        3 February 2016 13: 45
        
        gray smeet
        Stratfor reported that in Lebanon, not in Libya ...
        
        gray smeet
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 14: 43
        
        Yes, yes, sorry, of course in Lebanon.
      3. chikenous59
        
        -2
        
        3 February 2016 14: 52
        
        Quote: gray smeet
        Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
        
        Why do you need to know this?
      4. 222222
        
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        3 February 2016 15: 02
        
        interesting -Who released the head of the GRU and even in LEBANON ,,
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3. Castor
  
  +1
  
  3 February 2016 12: 26
  
  Quote: Sirocco
  I hope that we will not find out anything about how and what will happen in the GRU under the new leader.
  
  There were times when very few people knew the word "GRU".
  1. 222222
    
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    3 February 2016 15: 08
    
    Frequent change of the head of the GRU of the General Staff
    ..see only Army General Ivashutin P.I.-was 24 years old. and it was SERVICE !!
    Ivashutin, Peter Ivanovich (March 1963 - July 1987)
    Mikhailov, Vladlen Mikhailovich (July 1987 - October 1991)
    Timokhin, Evgeny Leonidovich (November 1991 - August 1992)
    Ladygin, Fedor Ivanovich (August 1992 - May 1997)
    Korabelnikov, Valentin Vladimirovich (May 1997 - April 2009)
    Shlyakhturov, Alexander Vasilievich (April 14, 2009 - December 26, 2011)
    Sergun, Igor Dmitrievich (December 26, 2011 - January 3, 2016)
    Korobov, Igor Valentinovich (since February 2, 2016).
4. gjv
  
  +2
  
  3 February 2016 12: 49
  
  Quote: Sirocco
  we don’t know anything about how and what will happen in the GRU
  
  If you are on duty during the day opposite the house 76v on the street Grizodubova, you can find out how the sidewalks are cleaned there.
Starover_Z

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3 February 2016 10: 54

The news is trivial, but why shine on the whole world a person who leads such an organization that was previously classified? Why this PR, it’s not the artistic director of the MosSoviet Theater ?!
1. Pereira
  
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  3 February 2016 11: 23
  
  The secrecy of secrecy is different.
  In Soviet times, many secrets were only for their own people. For example, the thickness of the armor of the T-55 tank, which was already in the Israeli army in the form of a trophy and was studied along and across. So there’s no point in overdoing it with secrecy. Not that case.
  1. Very old
    
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    3 February 2016 12: 30
    
    In addition, the appointment was quite predictable
    When discussing this issue at VO, I assumed (and not only me) - from the top GRU officers
    
    As for secrecy, the British MI-6 also showed the world the first face
  2. KVIRTU
    
    +1
    
    3 February 2016 12: 40
    
    Yes, do not forget that "The use of secrecy stamps to classify information that is not classified as state secrets is not allowed."
Nikolay71

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3 February 2016 10: 58

Quote: Starover_Z
The news is trivial, but why shine on the whole world a person who leads such an organization that was previously classified? Why this PR, it’s not the artistic director of the MosSoviet Theater ?!

Who probably needs to and so everything is in the know.
1. Terrible_L.
  
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  3 February 2016 12: 19
  
  Quote: Nikolay71
  Quote: Starover_Z
  The news is trivial, but why shine on the whole world a person who leads such an organization that was previously classified? Why this PR, it’s not the artistic director of the MosSoviet Theater ?!
  
  Who probably needs to and so everything is in the know.
  
  There are official persons, but there are not. Here the head of the GRU just has an official face, illuminated if you want
  1. gjv
    
    0
    
    3 February 2016 12: 59
    
    Quote: Scary_L.
    There are official persons, but there are not.
    
    There are.
    And here is a curious statement:
    The head of the GRU reports only to the chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defense
    
    But what about the Supreme Commander?
atamankko

+2

3 February 2016 11: 02

Life goes on and one must live and work normally.
From Samara

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3 February 2016 11: 04

I hope that the special forces brigades will be returned to the GRU again ... and the ground forces need to create their own ...
1. 34 region
  
  0
  
  3 February 2016 11: 47
  
  From Samara! 11.04. The creation of special units and assignments is probably not the main goal of the GRU. We would have to stop the series of color revolutions. It is not visible that the pro-Russian uprisings. Everyone wants to beat the other side.
  1. From Samara
    
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    3 February 2016 12: 02
    
    You are extremely wrong! Subversive activities, Depth reconnaissance, Organization of the uprisings you mentioned, Organization of partisan detachments, Organization of panic, Removal of commanders ... and much more is one of the main tasks of the GRU, which is carried out by Special Forces!
    1. 34 region
      
      0
      
      3 February 2016 12: 25
      
      From Samara! 12.02. And why then are we not waging an anti-revolutionary struggle? If Moldova breaks, whose success will it be and whose cant?
      1. From Samara
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 12: 34
        
        Well, not everything is so simple ... For example, Crimea is worth a lot ... There are still recently created MTRs ... but they are totally secret, you can only guess about their role and tasks ... Kosyakov has enough for everyone, for example, the transfer of the same special forces brigades from the GRU to the Ground Forces ... or the transfer of DSB from the Ground Forces to the Airborne Forces. Once the DSB is extremely necessary above all to the Ground Forces.
        
        34 region
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 13: 03
        
        From Samara! 12.34. There are no questions about Crimea. The question is different. Russia is in the ring of partners. And these partners are not going to be our friends. At least Japan, at least moderate fighters, at least tolerant. It turns out that the opponents breed around us like rabbits. But to make friends of Russia, I do not see. Yes, and Medvedev said: We will not help anyone. Russia in the arms of partners is not dap-sighting or a cunning plan? Nobody is engaged in state security with us? Creating units is certainly good. The question is strategy. What and whom will they (units) protect?
        
        From Samara
        
        +1
        
        3 February 2016 13: 07
        
        This is more of a political issue. What Gorbachev did with Yeltsin ... you won’t get it back once ...
        
        34 region
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 13: 12
        
        From Samara! 13.07/XNUMX. Yeah! Gorbachev did not plant a nuclear bomb. He laid the tectonic weapon. The continents came into motion.
        
        From Samara
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 13: 17
        
        Og ... and the Alcoholic Yeltsin continued ...
        
        And schA also total corruption from within corrodes Russia ...
  2. Peter Ivanov
    
    0
    
    16 December 2018 02: 19
    
    Apparently you wanted to say "... from Kubyshev ..." Samara is in Iraq!
2. gjv
  
  0
  
  3 February 2016 13: 03
  
  Quote: From Samara
  I hope that the special forces brigades will be returned to the GRU again ... and the ground forces need to create their own ...
  
  So they are not strangers anyway ...
  Head Office General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
  1. From Samara
    
    0
    
    3 February 2016 13: 05
    
    This is understandable. Only the role of everyone is different ...
    1. gjv
      
      +1
      
      3 February 2016 13: 16
      
      Quote: From Samara
      the role of everyone is different ...
      
      Modern "technologies" - "project management". We created a project, selected a team of performers, assigned roles, fulfilled, awarded those who were not involved ... Start over again, as if from scratch. It is considered very convenient, applies to all areas of activity ...
3. chikenous59
  
  0
  
  3 February 2016 14: 53
  
  Quote: From Samara
  I hope that the special forces brigades will be returned to the GRU again ... and the ground forces need to create their own ...
  
  Apparently you know little about GRU
  1. From Samara
    
    +1
    
    3 February 2016 17: 33
    
    Quote: chikenous59
    Quote: From Samara
    I hope that the special forces brigades will be returned to the GRU again ... and the ground forces need to create their own ...
    
    Apparently you know little about GRU
    
    I agree! But I don’t have to know. But the GRU refused the special forces, it’s information provided by the official media ... and the comments of the special forces themselves. From here we can see the GRU structure, which seems to have narrowed down to its destination before the SVR, in fact ... leaning more toward Strategic Intelligence ... God grant if I'm wrong ...
BOB044

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3 February 2016 11: 09

Good luck in your new position. I think we will learn about the success of what we will need to know. Once again success.
1. Executer
  
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  3 February 2016 11: 18
  
  Excuse me - special forces or equipment?
  1. Colonel
    
    +1
    
    3 February 2016 12: 06
    
    "osnaz" is in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (OMON, ODON ...)
    1. Castor
      
      0
      
      3 February 2016 12: 14
      
      Quote: colonel
      "osnaz" is in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (OMON, ODON ...)
      
      And I always thought that OSNaz is radio, radio engineering and electronic intelligence, our answer to the NSA.
      1. gjv
        
        +1
        
        3 February 2016 13: 06
        
        Quote: Castor
        OSNaz is
        
        Special purpose units (CHON, osnaz units) are “communist squads”, “military-party detachments” created at factory party cells (party cells), district, city, district and provincial committees of the party on the basis of a resolution of the Central Committee of the RCP (B.) Of 17 April 1919 to assist the Soviet authorities in the fight against counter-revolution, guard duty at particularly important facilities, etc.
        
        Castor
        
        0
        
        3 February 2016 19: 37
        
        Quote: gjv
        Quote: Castor
        OSNaz is
An64

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3 February 2016 11: 09

When our military forces return to uniformity of dress and respect for this uniform. The head of the GRU - in full dress, the minister - in the "beach": not beautiful and, I would say, not respectful!
1. Executer
  
  +4
  
  3 February 2016 11: 28
  
  Do not hesitate - everything is according to the protocol!
  The Minister has not one task on a working day and not one meeting.
  And Korobov has one for this day - a presentation to the Minister.
  1. sub307
    
    0
    
    3 February 2016 11: 53
    
    "And Korobov has one for this day - a presentation to the Minister."
    Well, I don't know ... but I doubt it .... According to the "idea", Shchoigu should also introduce Korobov to his subordinate personnel (GRU, that is).
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3. iouris
  
  -2
  
  3 February 2016 12: 58
  
  Under certain conditions, Mrs. Vasilyeva could also deliver the standard.
Petersburger

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3 February 2016 11: 20

It is high time. With the former failures in Turkey, I did not know that they were able to destroy our plane. And in general, the current intelligence does not shine. So the poor fellow washed down.
1. svu93
  
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  3 February 2016 12: 01
  
  Troll, climb back into your hole! Also a great specialist for me ......
2. svu93
  
  +1
  
  3 February 2016 12: 01
  
  Troll, climb back into your hole! Also a great specialist for me ......
3. ship
  
  +3
  
  3 February 2016 12: 03
  
  Did you drink together?
4. Colonel
  
  +2
  
  3 February 2016 12: 08
  
  Р¦РёС‚Р ° С‚Р °: РџРёС‚РµСЂР ± СѓСЂР¶РµС †
  It's time
  
  Amazingly, today I registered, and now a corporal. Careerist7
  1. Castor
    
    +1
    
    3 February 2016 12: 31
    
    Quote: colonel
    Careerist7
    
    Not necessarily, maybe just Honduras is very itchy.
  2. Very old
    
    +1
    
    3 February 2016 12: 35
    
    VALERY, do you know with whom he talks with a glass of tea?
    1. Colonel
      
      0
      
      3 February 2016 18: 54
      
      Quote: Very old
      with whom does he communicate with a glass of tea?
      
      Yes really ??? Directly communicates ??? Well then I went
shelva

+3

3 February 2016 11: 22

Maybe the times of Ivashutin will return to the GRU, there were good times - tough, but fair, without democratic snot.
avg-mgn

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3 February 2016 11: 22

Quote: An64
When our military forces return to uniformity of dress and respect for this uniform. The head of the GRU - in full dress, the minister - in the "beach": not beautiful and, I would say, not respectful!

The minister at work, the head of the GRU should be at the appointment to the front door, that's why everything is right.
svu93

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3 February 2016 12: 04

by the way about secrecy!))) I’ve walked on an Internet .... except for the name, new position and title, I didn’t find anything else ... AT ALL NOTHING !!)))))
1. gjv
  
  0
  
  3 February 2016 13: 36
  
  Quote: svu93
  NOTHING AT ALL!!)))))
  
  Well, there’s still some minuscule.
  He served in various positions in the Main Intelligence Directorate, was the first deputy chief of the State Agency in charge of strategic intelligence. List of awards: Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th degree, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Courage, Order of Military Merit, Order of Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces, 3rd degree, Medal of Honor, Anniversary medals.
  Cars: GAZ-2410 (1993), VAZ-2104 (1997), Opel Vectra (1998). 44 minutes drive from residence to work (no traffic jams) . Although since 1998, I probably changed the apartment, and probably too.
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DMB3000

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3 February 2016 12: 17

Quote: cniza
Quote: Starover_Z
The news is trivial, but why shine on the whole world a person who leads such an organization that was previously classified? Why this PR, it’s not the artistic director of the MosSoviet Theater ?!

This is so that the enemies would not bother and did not incur additional costs for both parties, probably, it’s not so foolish to be more profitable.

Director of the CIA, the FSB is a declassified personality. Secret personalities are all those below the rank.
bikeev1234

0

3 February 2016 12: 56

God help them.
Peter Ivanov

0

16 December 2018 02: 14

If this is really GRU GSH MO, then in the hands of its new chief is some kind of anti-Soviet flag! I remember when serving in the army, we had Red Fighting Banners in units, formations and associations! When these are the heirs of the Glory of the soldiers of the Red Army / Red Army, forgot about the Duty and Oath of the Socialist Motherland, People and embarked on the path of treason?
For Our Soviet Motherland!