While the war between Russia and Ukraine, another key official passed away in the defense area Russian Federation, and there are already four deaths of senior officials in this sector in the last three weeks. This Monday, the death of Pavel Kamnevleading specialist in rockets and creator of the systems of Kalibr cruise missiles.
Kamnev, 85, was the scientific director of Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern and responsible for more than 20 weapon inventions and 300 scientific and technical reports. The deadly Kalibr were and are widely used in Russian military campaigns in Syria and Ukraine.
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“It was one of the pillars of the national military industrial complex and a scientist specializing in the manufacture of missiles. He actively participated in the development of many missile systems, assumed the scientific-technical direction of the most important projects for the creation and modernization of dozens of types of rockets of various classes,” Almaz-Antey said in a statement.
On the other hand, the Russian company recalled that the scientist worked until his death as director of the firm and president of the Novator experimental design office, where the Kalibr were created. In the context of the war with Ukraine, these missiles are used especially for the destruction of military objectives and the civilian infrastructure.
Kamnev was born on November 14, 1937 in the city of Makhachkala, studied at the prestigious Moscow Aviation Institute and worked at the Sverdlovsk Machine-Building Plant. In 2016, the Russian President Vladimir Putin named him with the honorary title of “Labor Herofor his services to the country.
However, Kamnev’s death once once more brought a cloak of doubt since its causes were not disclosed. In addition, his death occurs following that of Vladimir Nesterov, inventor of the Angara rockets, which reduced Russia’s dependence on Kazakhstan. He was the general director of the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center, and the mastermind behind Putin’s dreams of Russian exploration of the moon and outer space.
On the other hand, in the last years of his life he was persecuted by a criminal case initiated by the Kremlin for alleged fraud and embezzlement of more than 69 million dollars. His loss followed the “sudden death” of Alexander BuzakovCEO of Admiralty Shipyards, and the “sudden passing” of General Alexei Maslovformer commander of the Russian ground forces with close ties in Ukraine.
Buzakov was 65 years old and in charge of building new submarines armed with the lethal Kalibr. The 69-year-old former soldier, meanwhile, died following Putin abruptly cancel a trip to the tank company where he worked as an international sales ambassador. All deaths occurred between December 24, 2022, and January 9.
Speculations also add to the deaths, members of the Russian elite who have recently died suddenly in strange circumstances, related to suicides or accidents, including Anatoly Gerashchenkoformer head of the Moscow Aviation Institute, at 73, and Ivan Pechorin, director of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation. of 39.
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