NOVOSIBIRSK. Aug 21 (Interfax-AVN) - Strategic Missile Forces Commander Nikolai Solovtsov set off an official trip to Novosibirsk on Wednesday.
"The commander will stay for two days in the division headquartered at the Pashino village near Novosibirsk," a spokesman for the division headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency.
He said Solovtsov was to meet with those who graduated from military colleges that year, and to meet with non-officially some soldiers and their families.
"The commander is expected to meet with Vladimir Gorodetsky, Mayor of Novosibirsk, to address interaction between the division's commanding staff and the local government to solve military's problems," a spokesman said.
He said Solovtsov was accompanied by Major General Andrei Shvaichenko, Commander of the 33rd Missile Army.