A former commander of Russian forces with shut ties to Ukraine died “all of the sudden” the day after Vladimir Putin abruptly cancelled a visit to the tank enterprise the place he labored, a report stated. Normal Alexei Maslov, 69, handed away in a Moscow army hospital, The Mirror reported.

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Normal Alexei Maslov’s demise comes after Alexander Buzakov, 65, common director of Admiralty Shipyards’ sudden demise in St Petersburg. Alexander Buzakov had been wholesome the day earlier than he died, and “nothing had been heard about Maslov’s well being issues”, the report stated.

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Alexei Maslov had been commander-in-chief of Russian floor forces between 2004 and 2008. He later served because the nation’s chief army consultant to NATO in Brussels. At NATO he labored alongside Dmitry Rogozin, an official near Vladimir Putin, the report stated.

The Russian president was as a result of go to the Uralvagonzavod plant in Nizhny Tagil – which has been criticised by the Kremlin for failing to provide adequate new tanks for the conflict in Ukraine, the report stated.

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Nonetheless, he cancelled his journey all of the sudden with none rationalization, the report added.