Igor Korobov
| Igor Korobov | |
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| Игорь Коробов | |
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| Director of Russian Military Intelligence | |
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Assumed office 2 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Igor Sergun |
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| Born | 3 August 1956 |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Colonel General |
Lieutenant-General Igor Valentinovich Korobov (born 3 August 1956) is the current Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Federation.
Igor Korobov was born on 3 August 1956. In 1977, Korobov graduated with honors from the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators, North Caucasus Military District, as an officer in the Soviet Air Forces.
Korobov served as the head of the Strategic Intelligence Directorate (Upravlenie strategicheskoi razvedky). He was promoted to the head of the GRU following the death of Igor Sergun in 2016.
On 29 December 2016, Korobov was one of the individuals sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury for "malicious cyber-enabled activities" threatening the national security of the United States.
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