July 17, 2013. Army General Valery Gerasimov, foreground, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister, during the helicopter flight over the Tsugol training area of the Eastern Military District (the Transbaikal Territory) with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, middle ground, and Vladimir Putin, Russian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, before the final stage of large scale military exercises performed by the troops of the Central Military District and Eastern Military District.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Zabaikalsky Krai, Russia
- Event date: 17.07.2013
- Date published: 17.07.2013
- Author: Alexey Nikolskiy
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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