Igor Kostyukov
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| Admiral Igor Kostyukov |
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| Игорь Костюков | |
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| Director of Russian Military Intelligence | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2018 |
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| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Minister | Sergey Shoygu |
| Preceded by | Igor Korobov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Igor Olegovich Kostyukov 21 February 1961 (age 63) Amur Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
| Awards | Hero of Russian Federation |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Service/branch |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Admiral Igor Olegovich Kostyukov (Russian: И́горь Оле́гович Костюко́в; born 21 February 1961) is a Russian naval officer. As of 2018[update], he is the Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU).[1]
Military career
Kostyukov was appointed the acting Director of GRU on 22 November 2018 following the death of his predecessor Igor Korobov and is a noted hardliner. This posting also made him the first naval officer in the history of the GRU to take the office of Director of Military Intelligence. He has been placed on the US Government's "blacklist" for allegedly interfering in the 2016 US presidential elections.[2] He was further promoted to the rank of Admiral in late 2019.[citation needed]
Sanctions
In March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kostyukov was placed on a European Union "blacklist".[3]
March 2022 illness
On 25 March 2022, former Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov claimed that Kostyukov and Russian defence minister Sergey Shoigu had had a sudden illness, stating, "The symptoms of both are exactly the same - heartburn, shortness of breath."[4] The Moscow Times considered Kostyukov to have disappeared from public view in mid-March together with other senior siloviki (key Russian security officials), including Sergey Shoigu, Viktor Zolotov and Valery Gerasimov.[5]
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded by | GRU Chief 22 November 2018 – present |
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