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![New commander of airborne forces receives banner from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0295%2F37%2F000002953786_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmFkaW0gU2F2aXRza2lpICMyOTUzNzg2_116%3A95_sputnik-2953786-preview_ce2a58bacc0a7b596b89354acf1e1710.jpg)
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov (second right), the new commander of the airborne forces, seen at the banner ceremony. Right: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 10.10.2016
- Date published: 10.10.2016
- Author: Vadim Savitskii
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5196x3464px, 9.6Mb