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New commander of the Space Forces

President Medvedev appointed the commander of the Plesetsk test site General-Major Oleg Niukolayevich Ostapenko the new Commander of the Space Forces. Oleg Ostapenko replaced General-Colonel Vladimir Popovkin who occupied this post since March 2004 and who was appointed the Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of Armaments.

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On December 24, 2012, the president of Russia appointed Major-General Aleksandr Golovko the commander of the Air and Space Defense Forces. His predecessor, Oleg Ostapenko, was promoted to the deputy minister of defense. Ostapenko served as the commande...
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