RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 83, Part I, 30 April 2001
MOSCOW DOWNGRADES NUCLEAR FORCE COMMAND. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov appointed Nikolai Solovtsov to head the nuclear rocket forces on 27 April, but pointedly noted that he will hold the rank of commander rather than commander in chief of that service as his predecessors had, Reuters reported. This action appears to end the dispute between the rocket forces and infantry that has divided the Russian military for most of the last two years. PG
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