Valentin Vladimirovich Korabelnikov (in Russian: Валентин Владимирович Корабельников, b. January 4, 1946, in Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian military official. January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Tambov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ...

Since May 1997 he has been the Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ...

He graduated from the Military-Diplomatic Academy of intelligence and traversed almost all the steps of the bureaucratic ladder in GRU [1]. He has always been personally involved in operational work. He reportedly developed and implemented the operation to eliminate Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudaev by a missile strike which homed in on his satellite telephone link [2]. He was ambushed by Chechen fighters and wounded [3]. For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ... Dzhokhar Dudaev and his son Dzhokhar Dudaev and his family Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen Latin: Dzoxar Dudayev; Cyrillic: Джоха́р Муса́евич Дуда́ев, 15 April 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and a Chechen leader, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized breakaway state in the North...

In July 1999, he has received an official acknowledgment from president Boris Yeltsin "for the significant contribution to settlement of the Kosovo War". He was a member of Russian delegation, led by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov that met with Slobodan Milosevic during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia [4]. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Yeltsin redirects here. ... Combatants NATO Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Various militias and paramilitaries, as well as international volunteers [1] Commanders Wesley Clark (SACEUR) Javier Solana (Secretary General of NATO) Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević (Supreme Commander of the Army of Yugoslavia) Vojislav Å eÅ¡elj Dragoljub Ojdanić (Chief of Staff) Svetozar Marjanović (Deputy Chief of Staff... Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (Евгений Максимович Примаков) (born October 29, 1929) is a Russian politician and a former Prime Minister of Russia. ... Slobodan Milošević. Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević  listen (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal... Combatants NATO Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Various militias and paramilitaries, as well as international volunteers [1] Commanders Wesley Clark (SACEUR) Javier Solana (Secretary General of NATO) Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević (Supreme Commander of the Army of Yugoslavia) Vojislav Å eÅ¡elj Dragoljub Ojdanić (Chief of Staff) Svetozar Marjanović (Deputy Chief of Staff...

He was a member of Commission on military-technical cooperation with foreign countries from September 1999 to November 2000.

References and notes

External links

• Smart and well trained people work with US His interview
• President Putin visits new GRU headquaters
• Another interview (Russian)
• His biography (Russian)