Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu expressed his condolences for the death of Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General Valery Vostrotin. This has been reported press service Russian Ministry of Defense.
“It is with deep sadness that I learned about the death of Colonel-General Valery Aleksandrovich Vostrotin, Hero of the Soviet Union,” the head of the Russian military department said.
He described the military leader as a true professional and patriot of the Motherland. According to Shoigu, Vostrotin has always stood out for honesty and kindness. The Minister said that he was close friends with the Colonel General. For nine years, starting in 1994, Vostrotin was deputy to Shoigu, who at that time served as Russia’s Minister of Civil Defense.
Before that, it was known that Valery Vostrotin. dead 71 years old. He commanded the 9th Airborne Division of the 345th Guards Regiment in Afghanistan.
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