Service record:
1985 – Deputy Company Commander for Political Affairs at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Leninsk;
1989 – Simferopol Higher Military-Political Construction College, where he met Sergei Aksenov and Mikhail Sheremet;
2001 – Deputy Brigade Commander for Educational Work;
2007 – Commander of the National Guard Brigade of Ukraine, Colonel;
2009 – Commander of military unit A3009;
Extreme position before defecting to the side of the occupant:Deputy Head of the Crimean Territorial Administration of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine;
2016 – Head of the Department of the Federal Security Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation in the Crimea;
2020
- Head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea;
- a member of the commission for the preparation and conduct of the All-Russian Population Census on the territory of the Republic of Crimea;
2021 – Head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol;
2022 – Head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
During the annexation of the Republic of Crimea by the Russian Federation, he voluntarily took the side of the occupant. He expressed his desire to continue his military service as a member of the Russian Army.
Supported the occupation of the Republic of Crimea. During the transition to the Russian Federation, he gave the FSS officers a number of personal data on former colleagues.
He compared service in the internal troops of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, mentioned that the requirements for combat training in the Russian Federation are much higher than in Ukraine, and in general it is impossible to compare the approach to training in the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
In February 2015, he was promoted to the rank of Major General and later promoted to Lieutenant General.
In August 2019, I received Russian citizenship. Supports the occupation of Ukraine, a referendum and the incorporation of the occupied cities into the Russian Federation.
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