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Igor Konashenkov
Igor Konashenkov
Chief spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 August 2011
President	Dmitry Medvedev; Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	office established
Personal details
Born	May 15, 1966 (age 58); Chișinău, Soviet Union; (now Moldova)
Political party	United Russia
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia
Rank	Lieutenant general

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Lieutenant General Igor Yevgenyevich Konashenkov (Template:Lang-ru; born 15 May 1966) is a Russian military officer serving as the chief spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.

Early life

Igor Konashenkov was born on 15 May 1966 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union.^[1]

Career

Konashenkov graduated with distinction from the engineering department of Zhytomyr Higher Military School of Radioelectronics of Air Defence in 1988. In 1998, he graduated from the Air Defence Military Academy. In 2006, he graduated from the higher courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.^[1]

He has served in the Soviet Air Defence Forces and in the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, in the directorate of the major command of the Territorial Air Defence Forces.^[1]

Military spokesman

From 1998, Konashenkov was the senior officer, chief of group, and deputy chief of the Department for Cooperation with Russian and Foreign Media of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence Press Service.^[1]

In 2003, he became chief of the press service and assistant commander of the North Caucasus Military District for public and media affairs. In 2005 he became chief of the press service of the army and assistant commander-in-chief of the army for public and media affairs.^[1]

In 2009, he was appointed deputy chief of the Department of Media Affairs and Information of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence. In August 2011, he became chief of the Department of Media Affairs and Information of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence.^[1] He is Russia's chief military spokesman.^[2]

He has headed units for informational support of the Russian military in the North Caucasus, and the Collective Force for Peacekeeping in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone.^[1]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Konashenkov falsely claimed that U.S. forces had planned to infect birds in Ukraine with a spreadable form of the H5N1 flu strain "with a mortality rate of 50 percent" as well as Newcastle disease.^[3] He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Sanctions

In April 2022, Konashenkov was added to the European Union sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".^[4]

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[5]

Honours

Konashenkov has received the Order of Courage, Order of Military Merit, Order of Friendship, and 14 other medals.^[1]

Konashenkov is a member of the presidium of the Union of Journalists in Moscow who awarded him a diploma for services to openness in the press in 2016.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Igor Konashenkov. Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ Russia warns it will shoot down alliance jets over Syria if US launches air strikes against Assad. Roland Oliphant, The Telegraph, 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ Roth, Andrew (February 25, 2022). "Russian Conspiracy Theory Says U.S. Training Birds to Spread Bio Weapons". Newsweek. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass". TASS. 2022-04-09. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ С 50-летием, уважаемый Игорь Евгеньевич! Союз журналистов Москвы, 15 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

External links

Media related to Igor Konashenkov at Wikimedia Commons

[defence-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Igor Konashenkov. Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[2] Russia warns it will shoot down alliance jets over Syria if US launches air strikes against Assad. Roland Oliphant, The Telegraph, 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[3] Roth, Andrew (February 25, 2022). "Russian Conspiracy Theory Says U.S. Training Birds to Spread Bio Weapons". Newsweek. Retrieved March 23, 2022.

[4] "EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass". TASS. 2022-04-09. Retrieved June 3, 2022.

[5] "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[6] С 50-летием, уважаемый Игорь Евгеньевич! Союз журналистов Москвы, 15 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

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 In April 2022, Konashenkov was added to the [[European Union]] sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/economy/1435183?utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=google.com&utm_referrer=google.com|title=EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass|newspaper=TASS|date=2022-04-09 |access-date= June 3, 2022}}</ref>
-Sanctioned by the [[UK]] government in 2022 in relation to [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
+He was sanctioned by the [[UK]] government in 2022 in relation to [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
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