Female One-Star General to Serve in Russia’s Defense Ministry

A female staffer in Russia’s Defense Ministry has received a promotion to become the ministry’s sole female general, following a decree by the country’s supreme commander posted on the Kremlin website on Tuesday.

“To assign the rank of a major general to Knyazeva, Yelena Georgiyevna,” the presidential decree said.

Colonel Knyazeva worked as acting head of the ministry’s main department for international military cooperation in 2010-2011 and now holds the post of the department deputy head.

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