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In an unusual step,Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked several military generals,including the Electronic Warfare chief Oleg Ivanov,following reports of differences with the top brass.
According to the Kremlin press service,Medvedev also sacked the Chief of the Mobilisation Directorate of Supreme Command Maj Gen Alexei Nesterov and Chief of the Mozhaisky Space Forces Academy Maj Gen Anatoly Perdius.
Earlier this month usually well-informed ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ reported that following the differences with the Chief of General Staff General Nikolai Makarov,several key officials including his deputy have put down their papers before Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
Those who put down papers included Chief of Main Directorate of Operations Lt.-Gen Andrei Tretyak,Chief of the Main Staff of the Land Forces Lt.-Gen Sergei Skokov,Chief of General Staff’s Radio-electronic Warfare Directorate Maj-Gen Oleg Ivanov.
