Igor Valentinovich Korobov

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Igor Korobov, August 2017

Igor Walentinowitsch Korobow ( Russian И́горь Валенти́нович Ко́робов ; born August 3, 1956 in Vyasma , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † November 21, 2018 in Moscow ) was a Russian Colonel General and from 2016 until his death in 2018 head of the Russian military intelligence service Federation (GRU) . In 2018, he was awarded the highest title Hero of the Russian Federation .

Life

Igor Korobov embarked on a military career and initially joined the air force . In the 1980s he switched to the secret service. After the death of intelligence chief Igor Sergun in January 2016, President Vladimir Putin appointed Korobov as his successor.

Korobov has been on the US OFAC sanctions list since December 2016 because of his involvement in the war in Ukraine . The US Treasury put him on the CAATSA sanctions list in March 2018, among other things because of the GRU's involvement in cyber attacks in the context of the 2016 presidential election in the United States .

According to media reports, Korobov is also said to have been criticized within Russia for the failed attempt to attack Sergei Skripal and his daughter in early March 2018.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Korobov died on November 21, 2018 at the age of 62 “after a long and serious illness”. According to the Russian journalist Sergei Kaniw, however, he fell ill immediately after a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin .

Private

Korobov was married and had two daughters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Министр обороны генерал армии Сергей Шойгу от лица руководства военного ведомства выразил соболезнования в связи со смертью начальника ГРУ генерал-полковника Игоря Коробова. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, November 22, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 (in Russian).
  2. ↑ a b Head of Russian Skripal-linked GRU spy agency dies. In: BBC News . November 22, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Putin Names Korobov As New Chief Military Intelligence. In: Radio Free Europe . February 2, 2016, archived from the original ; accessed on November 22, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ Treasury Sanctions Russian Cyber ​​Actors for Interference with the 2016 US Elections and Malicious Cyber ​​Attacks. United States Department of the Treasury , March 15, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 . CAATSA Section 231: “Addition of 33 Entities and Individuals to the List of Specified Persons and Imposition of Sanctions on the Equipment Development Department”. United States Department of State , November 20, 2018, accessed November 22, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Markus Ackeret: The death of the head of the Russian military secret service invites speculation. In: nzz.ch . November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Luke Harding: A chain of stupidity ': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies guardian.co.uk, June 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Russia's GRU chief has died. In: de.sputniknews.com . November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 .


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personal data
SURNAME Korobov, Igor Valentinovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ко́робов, И́горь Валенти́нович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian colonel general and head of the GRU
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Vyazma , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2018
Place of death Moscow