Alexey Naumets
{{short description|Russian Airborne Troops major general (born 1968)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alexey Naumets
| image = Сенатор Наумец.jpg
| native_name = Алексей Наумец
| caption = Official portrait
| office = Russian Federation Senator from Pskov Oblast
| term_start = 28 September 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Yelena Bibikova
| party = United Russia
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|11|df=y}}
| allegiance = {{ubl|{{USSR}} (to 1991)|{{RUS}}}}
| branch = {{ubl|Soviet Airborne Forces|Russian Airborne Forces}}
| serviceyears = 1986–2023
| rank = Major general
| commands = 106th Guards Airborne Division
76th Guards Air Assault Division
| battles =
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- Second Chechen War
- Russo-Georgian War
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Annexation of Crimea
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line{{cite web |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-10-2023 |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 10 2023 |last=Hird |first=Karolina |last2=Bailey |first2=Riley |last3=Wolkov |first3=Nicole |last4=Phillipson |first4=Layne |last5=Barros |first5=George |last6=Clark |first6=Mason |date=10 March 2023 |website=ISW |access-date=11 March 2023 |quote="A miliblogger praised Deputy Chief of Staff of the VDV Major General Aleksey Naumets, who purportedly commands Russian forces on the Svatove-Kreminna line, claiming that Naumets is competent at making advances while an unnamed commander (presumably Eastern Military District Commander Colonel General Rustam Muradov) senselessly loses Russian armor in Vuhledar."}}
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| awards = Order of Military Merit
}}
Alexey Vasilievich Naumets ({{langx|ru|Алексей Васильевич Наумец}}; born 11 February 1968) is a Russian politician and former army officer who is last ranked as a major general, currently serving as a Senator of Pskov Oblast since 2023.
He served with the airborne troops from 1986 and fought in the Second Chechen War and Russo-Georgian War. Naumets was severely injured in a car accident with Russian Airborne Troops commander Vladimir Shamanov in October 2010 while acting commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In February 2013, he was appointed commander of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division at Pskov.{{Cite news|url=http://pln-pskov.ru/society/130597.html|title=Командиром 76-й десантно-штурмовой дивизии назначен полковник Алексей Наумец|date=1 March 2013|work=Pskov News Feed|language=ru|trans-title=Colonel Alexey Naumets appointed commander of 76th Air Assault Division|access-date=28 May 2016}} He was promoted to major general in June 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://informpskov.ru/news/146962.html|title=Командиру 76-й дивизии Алексею Наумцу присвоено звание генерал-майора|date=12 June 2014|website=Pskov Information Agency|language=ru|trans-title=76th Division commander Alexey Naumets promoted to Major general|access-date=28 May 2016}} Naumets was placed on the European Union sanctions list in September 2014 for his command of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Crimea.{{Cite news|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/145571.pdf|title=List of persons and entities under EU restrictive measures over the territorial integrity of Ukraine|date=1 December 2014|publisher=Council of the European Union|access-date=28 May 2016}}
In April 2022 Naumets was appointed Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces. In June 2023 he was simultaneously designated by the governor of Pskov Oblast to become a senator, succeeding Yelena Bibikova.{{Cite web |last=Tikhonov |first=Aleksandr |title=Заместитель командующего ВДВ станет новым сенатором от Псковской области |trans-title=Deputy Commander of the VDV will become new senator from Pskov Oblast |date=13 June 2023 |work=Vedomosti |lang=ru |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2023/06/13/980035-zamestitel-komanduyuschego-vdv-senatorom-pskovskoi }} He took office as senator on 28 September 2023.{{Cite web |title=Сенатором от Псковской области назначили Алексея Наумца |trans-title=Senator from Pskov Oblast becomes Alexei Naumets |lang=ru |date=27 September 2023 |work=TASS |url=https://tass.ru/politika/18855627 }}
Military service
Naumets graduated from the Ryazan School of Communications in 1986 and was sent to the 103rd Guards Airborne Division at Vitebsk.{{Cite web|url=https://myslo.ru/news/arhiv/news-39139|title=У тульских десантников сменился комдив|date=28 July 2010|website=MySlo|language=ru-RU|trans-title=Tula Paratroopers Komdiv replaced|access-date=28 May 2016}} Naumets was involved in the suppression of the Fergana riots and the Osh riots in 1990. He served in the Second Chechen War with the 247th Air Assault Regiment. In 2005 he became chief of staff of the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment of the 76th Guards Airborne Division. On 2 June 2007 Naumets was appointed commander of the 247th Air Assault Regiment.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stapravda.ru/20070602/Novyj_kompolka_desantnikov_5491.html|title=Новый комполка десантников|website=www.stapravda.ru|language=ru|trans-title=New regiment commander paratroopers|access-date=2016-05-28}} He led the regiment in the Russo-Georgian War, where it fought in the Battle of Kodori Gorge.{{Cite magazine|last=Metelev|first=Kirill|date=11 August 2015|title=Комдив Василич|trans-title=Komdiv Vasilich|url=http://konkretno.ru/veteran/blok4-veteran/80110-komdiv-vasilich.html|magazine=Командор|language=ru|issue=1|access-date=28 May 2016}} On 24 August 2009 he became chief of staff of the 106th Guards Airborne Division.{{Cite web|url=http://71ru.info/mag-arsenal/interview/1014-nastoyashhij-polkovnik.html|title=Настоящий полковник…|last=Kopytova|first=Yulia|date=6 May 2011|website=71ru.info|publisher=Magazine Tula Arsenal|language=ru|trans-title=This colonel...|access-date=28 May 2016}} Naumets became acting commander of the division in July 2010. On 31 October he was seriously injured in a car accident along with Vladimir Shamanov.{{Cite web|url=http://ria.ru/incidents/20101031/291067564.html|title=Полковник Наумец, пострадавший в ДТП с Шамановым, пришел в сознание|date=31 October 2010|website=RIA Novosti|language=ru|trans-title=Colonel Naumets injured in accident with Shamanov, regained consciousness|access-date=2016-05-28}} Division deputy commander Gennady Anashkin took command of the division. {{Ruheroes|iid=10935|name=Gennady Anashkin}} After recovering from his injuries Naumets resumed duty as division chief of staff.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tulapressa.ru/2012/03/naumec-ne-uchitsya-tolko-lenivyj/|title=Наумец: Не учится только ленивый|website=ИА «Тульская пресса»|language=ru|trans-title=Naumets: Do not learn only lazy|access-date=2016-05-28}}
On 27 February 2013 Naumets was appointed commander of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division at Pskov. During the spring of 2014 the 76th Division participated in the annexation of Crimea. {{Cite web|url=http://pln-pskov.ru/society/169277.html|title=Псковские десантники, побывавшие в Крыму во время недавних событий, получили госнаграды и благодарности от президента|date=13 May 2014|website=pln-pskov.ru|language=ru|trans-title=Pskov paratroopers in Crimea during recent events receive awards from President|access-date=2016-05-28}} On 12 June he was promoted to major general.
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. {{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
For his leadership of the division in Crimea, Naumets was placed on the European Union sanctions list in September 2014. He was placed on the Canadian sanctions list in February 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://en.censor.net.ua/news/325132/canada_announced_further_sanctions_against_russian_and_ukrainian_individuals_and_entities|title=Canada announced further sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals and entities|website=EN.Censor.net|language=en-EN|access-date=2016-05-28}} In late November 2015 Naumets was awarded the Order of Military Merit because the 76th Division was for three consecutive years considered the most efficient airborne detachment.{{Cite news|url=http://informpskov.ru/news/198941.html|title=Комдив 76-й дивизии ВДВ награждён орденом «За военные заслуги»|date=29 December 2015|work=Pskov Information Agency|language=ru|trans-title=Komdiv 76th Division VDV awarded Order of Military Merit|access-date=28 May 2016}}
In February 2018 he was appointed the deputy chief of staff of the Russian Airborne Forces, and in April 2022 he was appointed the deputy commander of the Russian Airborne Forces.{{Cite web |title=Алексей Наумец назначен заместителем командующего ВДВ России |trans-title=Alexey Naumets appointed deputy commander of the VDV of Russia |language=ru |work=Informpskov.ru |date=21 April 2022 |url=https://informpskov.ru/news/387246.html }}
Personal life
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Category:Personnel of the Soviet Airborne Forces
Category:Russian major generals
Category:Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Category:United Russia politicians
Category:Russian Airborne Forces personnel
Category:Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
Category:Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School alumni
Category:Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of Russia alumni