20 October 1995 THE 44-YEAR-OLD COMMANDER OF THE Operational Group of Russian Forces in Moldova (formerly the 14th Army) has had a richly varied military career. After graduating from Ryazan Higher Military Aviation College, Lieutenant General Valerii Yevnevich participated in the Afghan war, commanding the 66th Airborne Assault Brigade in Gordez. One of his colleagues in Gordez was Major General […]

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