Aemy General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia's armed forces, was shown in public on Monday by the defence ministry for the first time since before the failed June 24 mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group, a sign that he had kept his job.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov visit the Joint Headquarters of the Russian armed forces involved in military operations in Ukraine, in an unknown location in Russia, in this picture released December 17, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
on Monday by the defence ministry for the first time since before the failed June 24 mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group, a sign that he had kept his job.* Gerasimov, now 67, is the third most powerful man in the Russian military after President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Along with them, he is thought to hold one of the three nuclear briefcases that can transmit orders for a nuclear strike.
* The U.S. sanctioned him the day after the invasion of Ukraine, saying he was among those directly responsible. * Critics in the West and even inside Russia say the army has been naive, poorly equipped, slow to react, and dogged by muddled command structures.
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