Aleksandr Baranov (general)
Army General Alexander Ivanovich Baranov | |
|---|---|
Александр Иванович Баранов | |
 Russian Ground Forces Army General Alexander Baranov | |
| Commander of the North Caucasus Military District | |
| In office July 2004 – May 2008 | |
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Hero of Russia
award.
Yandiev case
In July 2006 the
army officer
, later identified as Alexander Baranov, ordering soldiers to "finish off" and "shoot" Yandiev after an argument between the two. Yandiev was then separated from the other prisoners and has not been seen since.
Baranov, who has been questioned twice over the matter, has denied he sent Yandiev to his death. He argues that his "intervention" was meant to calm Yandiev down, and that the soldiers were not his direct
subordinates and therefore could not have taken orders from him.[1]
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Russian Federation (5 May 2000)
- Order of the Red Star
- Order of Military Merit
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
See also
External links
- European Court Sides With Chechen Mother Moscow Times
- European Court Orders Russia to Compensate Chechen Mother for Loss of Son
- Video Footage of the event from CNN on YouTube
