Aleksandr Moiseyev

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev (born 16 April 1962) has been the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy since 2024.

He was called up for military service in 1981 and was commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1987. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2011. In 2018 he took command of the Black Sea Fleet, and oversaw a period of expansion within the fleet. He has also courted controversy with regards to relations with Ukraine following the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the Kerch Strait incident in November 2018. In May 2019 he was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet, and Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command. He was promoted to admiral in 2020.

In March 2024, Moiseyev became the final commander of the district, and was appointed as acting commander in chief of the Russian Navy, before officially taking office on 2 April, replacing Nikolai Yevmenov.

Early career Moiseyev was born on 16 April 1962 in the settlement of , in the Gvardeysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, in the Soviet Union. He attended high school and a specialist film school in Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, and then worked as a technician in a film repair shop in the city of Berezniki, Perm Oblast. In 1981 he was called up for military service in the Ural Military District, and between 1982 and 1987 he studied at the in Leningrad.

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From June 1987 he was part of the computer engineering division, and from September 1990, head of the electronic warfare division. In February 1992 he became senior assistant commander for combat aboard the K-117 Bryansk. From July to October 1994 he was senior assistant to the commander of the Project 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarine K-18 Karelia.

He entered the N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy in 2001, graduating with honours in 2003, and then served until 2007 as Chief of Staff of the of the Northern Fleet, followed by commander of the division until 2009. Promoted to rear admiral on 20 February 2013, he served as a deputy to the Council of Deputies of Alexandrovsk, Murmansk Oblast, and on 5 April 2016 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Northern Fleet. On 22 November 2017 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and on 14 May 2018 he became Acting Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, succeeding Admiral Aleksandr Vitko. He was confirmed in his post on 26 June 2018. H

He has been awarded the Order of Courage twice, as well as the Order of Military Merit and the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", second class.

On 16 February 2019, Moiseyev was one of seven Russian personnel notified by investigators of Security Service of Ukraine of suspicion of "engaging in an aggressive war or aggressive military actions", relating to the Kerch Strait incident in November 2018. Colonel-General Aleksandr Dvornikov, Commander of the Southern Military District, was also one of those notified. Moiseyev was promoted to the rank of admiral on 10 December 2020.

In March 2024, according to Izvestia, he replaced Nikolai Yevmenov as acting commander in chief of the Russian Navy. He was confirmed as the commander in chief on 2 April 2024.