Valery Gerasimov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation
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Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
About Valery Gerasimov
- Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov (Russian: ????´??? ????´?????? ????´?????, IPA: [v?'l?er??j v?'s?il??v??t? g??'ras??m?f]; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian General, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy Defence Minister, replacing Nikolay Makarov.
- He was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012.Gerasimov is the strategist alleged to have conceived the "Gerasimov doctrine" – combining military, technological, information, diplomatic, economic, cultural and other tactics for the purpose of achieving strategic goals.
- However, this was later retracted by the author of the original paper, Mark Galeotti, who claimed the doctrine doesn't exist.
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