Last Updated: November 17, 2023, 08:59 IST
Vladimir Sviridov graduated from the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School of Air Defense Pilots and Navigators, and served within the Far Eastern Military District and commanded an air squadron in a gaggle of Soviet forces in Germany. (Image: @DanichPaula/X)
Former Russian normal important of air drive coaching discovered useless. Questions encompass the circumstances. Advocacy for elevated pilot coaching
Former Russian General Vladimir Sviridov, who had criticised President Vladimir Putin’s air drive coaching, was discovered useless at his Stavropol Krai residence, in response to media reviews. The physique of 68-year-old Sviridov was discovered alongside an unidentified girl on Wednesday, US-based Newsweek reported, citing a state-run information company.
Reports from Russian shops Baza and Kommersant, linked to Moscow’s safety providers, advised the lady was Sviridov’s spouse. Both have been discovered mendacity collectively in mattress at their Andzhievsky village residence.
Sviridov, who as soon as commanded the sixth Air Force and Air Defense Forces Army, had raised issues about insufficient pilot coaching in a 2007 interview with the Russian journal Take Off, citing the military’s common flight time of 25-30 hours in comparison with the really helpful 100 hours per yr for fight readiness.
‘No signs of violent death’
Law enforcement, cited by RIA Novosti, reported no indicators of violent demise however is investigating the circumstances. The Kremlin has not commented on the previous Russian General’s demise. Sviridov, a graduate of the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School, served within the Far Eastern Military District and commanded a squadron in Germany.
He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff in 2002, changing into deputy commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Army. From 2005 to 2009, he led the sixth Air Force and Air Defense Army inside Russia’s Aerospace Forces.
According to the unbiased Russian information outlet Meduza, the sixth Air Force and Air Defense Army shaped in 1998 by merging the 76th Air Army and sixth Separate Red Banner Air Defense Army, has navy personnel concerned in Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Kommersant reported that the regional FSB Directorate is conducting an investigation into Sviridov’s and the unidentified girl’s deaths. The circumstances surrounding their deaths stay beneath scrutiny. He joins a protracted record of Putin critics who’ve died through the years beneath mysterious circumstances.
