Igor Rodionov

Igor Nilolaevich Rodionov (born 1936) is a Russian general andDuma deputy. He is best known as a hardline politician, and for his role in the bloody suppression of civilian protests in Tbilisi on April 9 1989. Rodionov served as a Soviet military officer in Germany, Czechoslovakia, the Russian Far East and several other areas around the world. He commanded the 40th Army Regiment in Afghanistan in 1985-1986. He held the post of First Deputy Chief Commander of Moscow Region Forces from 1986 until 1988, when Colonel General Rodionov was appointed Commander of Transcaucasian Military District. In April 1989 he was made responsible for the April 9 Tragedy in Tbilisi and removed from his post. From 1989 to 1996, he served as Peoples Deputy and as the head of the General Headquarters Military Academy. Rodionov served as Minister of Defense and served on the Defense Council in 1996-1997. A Duma member (Rodina faction) since 1999, Igor Rodionov is now a member of the Committee on National Security and Chairman of the Professional Union of Military Personnel.

External links

*http://www.usrbc.org/Members-Only/Russian%20Government%20and%20Regions/duma/deputy.htm

 

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