TASS: Military & Defense – Death of Russian military intelligence chief GRU Igor Korobov – source

MOSCOW, November 22. / TASS /. The Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff (GRU), Colonel Igor Korobov, died at the age of 63, a source from the Russian Ministry of Defense told TASS on Thursday. defense.

"The chief executive of the staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Igor Korobov, died on November 21 of a serious illness," said the source.

Igor Korobov was born on November 3, 1956. He started serving in the army in 1973. He graduated from the Stavropol School of Military Aviation, composed of pilots and navigators of the antiaircraft defense forces, the Soviet Army Military Academy and the Military Academy of the General Staff. armed forces of the Russian Federation.

Korobov had worked in military intelligence since 1985 and held various positions in the senior management. He spoke several foreign languages.

During his military service, Korobov received numerous awards and medals.

In 2016, he was appointed by presidential decree to head the General Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.