MOSCOW. Sept 19 (Interfax-AVN) - Col. Gen. Vladimir Filippov has been appointed Russian Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the Ministry's Accommodation and Amenity Service, the Ministry's Information and Public Relations Directorate said.
Filippov was born in Ufa on September 1, 1955. He has been serving since 1973. He graduated from the Kostroma Higher Chemical Defense School, the command department of the Military Academy of Chemical Defense and the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff.
Prior to the appointment Filippov was commander of the radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Russian Armed Forces.