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Pavel Popov

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Pavel Popov
Native name
Павел Анатольевич Попов
Birth namePavel Anatolyevich Popov
Born (1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 67)
Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russia
Service / branch Russian Ground Forces
Years of service1974–2024
RankGeneral of the Army

Pavel Anatolyevich Popov (Russian: Павел Анатольевич Попов; born 1 January 1957), is a retired Russian army officer who was the Deputy Minister of Defense between 7 November 2013 and 17 June 2024. He holds the rank of General of the Reserve Army.[1]

Popov had previously been the Head of the Civil Protection Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from 2004 to 2008, and the Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations from 2008 to 2013.[2]

Biography

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Pavel Popov was born on 1 January 1957 in Krasnoyarsk. He is an ethnic Russian.

In 1978, he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arms Command School, after which he served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany of the Soviet Army. In 1986, he was transferred to the Far Eastern Military District as commander of a motorized rifle battalion.

After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy in 1990, Popov served as chief of staff - a deputy commander of the civil defense regiment of the Central Asian Military District from 1990 to 1993, a commander of the 493rd separate mechanized civil defense regiment from 1993 to 1996, and had been the First Deputy Head of the East Siberian Regional Center of the EMERCOM of Russia.

In 1996, Popov was appointed head of the East Siberian regional center of the EMERCOM of Russia, and in 1999 - the head of the Siberian regional center of the EMERCOM of Russia. In these positions, he directly supervised the rescue operations at the crash site of the A-310 airbus near the city of Mezhdurechensk in Kemerovo Oblast on 23 March 1994, the liquidation of the consequences of the earthquake on the Kuril Islands in 1994, and the Il-76 transport plane crash in the suburb of Abakan in 1996. Under his leadership, the delivery of humanitarian cargo and construction materials to the flood-affected city of Lensk in 2001, the extinguishing of large forest fires in Chita Oblast in 2003, and the elimination of the consequences of the earthquake in the Altai Republic in 2003, as well as other emergencies were carried out.

On 12 June 2004, by Decree of the President of Russia No. 751, Popov was awarded the military rank of colonel general.

In 2004, he was appointed head of the Civil Protection Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and held this position until 2008.

From 2008 to 2013, Popov served as Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations.

According to the income statement, in 2012 Popov earned more than 5.2 million rubles.[3]

In 2013, he was transferred to work at the Ministry of Defense and was appointed deputy minister. On 31 July 2013, the Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, at the visiting meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense, announced that Popov would oversee the creation of the National Defense Management Center.[4]

By the decree of the President of Russia, on 7 November 2013, Popov was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense[5][6] Also, in connection with the appointment, he became a member of the collegium of the Russian Ministry of Defense.[7]

He is one of the developers of the concept for a multi-level system of permanently operating Russian Defense Control Centers.[8]

By the decree of the President of Russia on 11 December 2015, Popov was promoted to General of the Army.[1]

On 29 August 2024, Popov was detained by Russian authorities on corruption charges. He was accused of misappropriating funds intended for the Patriot Park to renovate his personal proprieties, as well as coercing the park's contractors to do work on his personal properties without pay.[9][10]

Sanctions

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On 15 October 2020, the European Union sanctioned Popov in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. The sanctions include a ban on entry into the EU and on financial transactions, as well as an asset freeze.[11]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11.12.2015 № 619 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". publication.pravo.gov.ru.
  2. ^ "Бывшие замглавы МЧС получили должности в Минобороны". www.1sn.ru.
  3. ^ "Сведения о доходах // МЧС России". Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  4. ^ "Министр обороны России провел выездное заседание Коллегии Минобороны в Санкт-Петербурге : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". function.mil.ru.
  5. ^ "Павел Попов назначен заместителем Министра обороны". kremlin.ru. 7 November 2013.
  6. ^ Никитина, Елена (November 9, 2013). "Павел Попов продолжит курировать создание центра управления обороной". iz.ru.
  7. ^ "Коллегия Минобороны России : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". structure.mil.ru.
  8. ^ "Президент РФ подписал указ о лауреатах премии имени Жукова". rg.ru. 12 May 2015.
  9. ^ Burrows, Emma (29 August 2024). "A former Russian defense official is detained in a fraud case, part of an ongoing military probe". AP News. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Grace Mappes; Davit Gasparyan; George Barros (2024-08-29). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 29, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 2024-08-30. The Russian Investigative Committee charged Popov with embezzling money meant for the maintenance of the Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Patriot Park, a Russian military exhibition in Moscow.
  11. ^ "ЕС ввел санкции по "делу Навального" против Бортникова, Кириенко и еще четырех чиновников". kommersant.ru. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  12. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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