Gennady Troshev

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Gennady Troshev was a general in the Russian military and was formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military District, covering the Chechnya region. He publicly defied, on national television, Minister of Defense Sergi Ivanov's suggestion that Troshev should relocate from Chechnya (the North Caucasus Military District) to a region in Siberia. Due to this act, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing Troshev from his post in 2002. [1]

The Jamestown Foundation, a US policy research organisation that studies Russian military affairs, said Ivanov's order that Troshev relocate to Siberia was 'open to multiple and complex interpretations. One theory connects it to a broader reshuffling of personnel as major elections approach in Chechnya (and perhaps in response to the Moscow hostagetaking). A second explanation ties it to the stalled process of military-administrative reform.'

He is now Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation for Cossacks affairs.