Vladimir Zarudnitsky

Vladimir Zarudnitsky
Vladimir Zarudnitsky
Native name	Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий
Born	6 February 1958 (age 66); Abinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russian Federation
Service/branch	Soviet Army; Russian Ground Forces
Years of service	1975–present
Rank	Colonel general
Commands	27th Guards Motor Rifle Division; 36th Army; Main Operational Directorate; Central Military District; Military Academy of the General Staff
Battles/wars	Second Chechen War
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class; Order of Military Merit

Vladimir Borisovich Zarudnitsky (Russian: Владимир Борисович Зарудницкий; born 6 February 1958) is a Russian Ground Forces colonel general and the chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. He was heavily involved in the Second Chechen War, eventually becoming in September 2007 the commander of the army there.