Anatoliy Nogovitsyn Explained

Birth Name:Anatoliy Alekseevich Nogovitsyn
Birth Date:29 April 1952
Birth Place:Baryshevka, Borodulikha District, Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Allegiance:Russia
Branch:General Staff
Russian Air Force
Serviceyears:1973–2012
Rank:Colonel General
Awards:Order of the Red Star
Order of Military Merit

Anatoliy Alekseevich Nogovitsyn (ru|Анатолий Алексеевич Ноговицын; 29 April 1952 – 5 November 2019) was a Russian military officer. He served as the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Holding the rank of Colonel General, he was known for being the primary spokesman of the Russian Armed Forces during 2008 South Ossetia War and for warning Poland about the possibility of a nuclear strike on 15 August 2008 after an agreement reached between the United States of America and Poland on 14 August 2008 about hosting part of a US missile defense shield in Poland. President Dmitry Medvedev later played down the nuclear attack threats against Poland.

Nogovitsyn died in Moscow on 5 November 2019.[1]

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  1. News: Умер генерал-полковник Анатолий Ноговицын . RIA News . 2019-05-11.