Colonel Nikolai Zakharov, former military commissar of the Chelyabinsk region, will assume the post of Deputy Head of the Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory responsible for Civil Defense and Emergencies (CD and Emergencies). This was reported by TASS.
“He is being appointed to the post of deputy prime minister,” said the press secretary of the regional governor Irina Parfenova.
He noted that he will be introduced to his colleagues at the operational meeting to be held on Monday, January 15.
Zakharov was born in the Kurgan region. In 2009, he took the post of military commissar of the Chelyabinsk region and held this position until 2011. He became widely known thanks to a 2009 photograph of him smiling, which became the basis for the “good military commissar” meme. Then he worked as deputy head of collections of one of the banks in Chelyabinsk. In 2021, Zakharov became the first deputy commander of the 29th combined arms army of the Eastern Military District based in Chita.
Before reportedThe Russian Defense Ministry accused the West of obstructing compulsory military service in the autumn.
Putin before instructed The Ministry of Defense will carry out compulsory military service in the fall in 2024 with unified registration.