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Russian general buried in Moscow identified as Valery Plokhotnyuk. He likely died in explosion at Aerospace Forces chief’s birthday party.
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Key Points:
- Major General Valery Plokhotnyuk was buried at Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on August 5, with his death confirmed through state registries showing his documents were invalidated on August 1, the day of an explosion at Moscow’s Balzi Rossi restaurant.
- The explosion coincided with a birthday party for Alexander Chayko, commander-in-chief of Russia’s Aerospace Forces, and leaked data suggests Plokhotnyuk was related to Chayko, possibly as the godfather to Chayko’s daughter, Maria.
- Daniil Peredriy, Chayko’s son-in-law, was also reported killed and buried at the same cemetery on August 6, with his death confirmed to have occurred on August 1.
- Plokhotnyuk served as chief of staff of Russia’s 49th Combined Arms Army and was promoted to major general by Vladimir Putin in 2021; since November 2022, he worked at a research institute developing military and civilian control systems.
