About Vasily Lunev
Born 1956. Vasily Lunev is a military officer.
Vasily Vasilyevich Lunev (; born 1956) is a Russian military officer. He has served as the Minister of Defense of South Ossetia from 2008 to 2009 and as the Chief of the General Staff of Abkhazia from 2018 to 2022.
Biography
Vasily Lunev was born in 1956 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union. Lunev attended and graduated from the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School, the Frunze Military Academy, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.
Lunev was the military commissioner of Perm Krai from December 2007 to March 2008. From March 2008 to March 2009, Lunev served the Minister of Defense of South Ossetia. According to , the head of the South Ossetian Security Council, Lunev commanded the Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad during the Battle of Tskhinvali. Lunev resigned as minister after being unable to obtain a new position in Eduard Kokoity's cabinet
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