Kanamat Botashev Explained

Kanamat Botashev
Native Name:Канамат Хусеевич Боташев
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev
Birth Date:20 May 1959
Birth Place:Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Death Place:Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Allegiance:
Branch:

Wagner Group
Serviceyears:1981–2013
2022
Rank:Major general
Battles:

Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev[2] (Russian: Канамат Хусеевич Боташев; 20 May 1959 – 22 May 2022) was a Russian major general who was the commander of the military unit 23326 of the Western Military District and the commander of the Voronezh Malshevo airbase near Voronezh.[3] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.[4]

Biography

In 1976, he graduated from high school. In 1981, he graduated from the . In 2010, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.[5]

On 29 December 2012, a criminal case was opened against him under Article 351 of the Criminal Code (violation of flight rules)[6] for crashing a Sukhoi Su-27 while violating flight rules.[7] [8] He had reportedly piloted the aircraft without undergoing proper training and pre-flight medical checks, and then decided to perform aerobatics and thus accidentally destroyed the Su-27. Botashev was sentenced to four years probation with a fine of 5 million rubles.[9] In 2013 he was discharged from the army.[10] After that he worked as deputy head of DOSAAF in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast for aviation, and deputy director of an aeroclub in Saint Petersburg.[11]

According to Ukrainian media, he took part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and died on 22 May 2022 near Popasna, piloting a Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft,[12] [13] which was shot down by a FIM-92 Stinger.[14] Russian media later confirmed his death in combat in Ukraine.[15] Observers speculated that Botashev had been flying as a mercenary pilot for the Wagner Group.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: БОТАШЕВ КАНАМАТ ХУСЕЕВИЧ :: Эльбрусоид. www.elbrusoid.org. 23 May 2022. en.
  2. https://www.airforces.ru/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82-%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87/ Боташев Канамат Хусеевич
  3. https://ghall.com.ua/2022/05/23/smi-vsu-unichtozhili-skandalno-izvestnogo-generala-aviatsii-vs-rf/ СМИ: ВСУ уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации ВС РФ
  4. https://ria.ru/20220602/geroy-1792713005.html Генерал-майора авиации Боташева посмертно удостоили звания Героя России
  5. http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_b/botashevkahu.php Энциклопедия «Воронежская губерния». Автор-составитель А.Н. Юрасов. Раздел «Генералитет 1917+». 2021.
  6. Web site: В Санкт-Петербурге в отношении генерала, по вине которого Су-27 свалился в штопор, возбуждено уголовное дело. - Новости дня - PосБизнесКонсалтинг . 31 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121231204556/http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20121229141109.shtml . 23 May 2022. 31 December 2012 .
  7. Web site: Генерал-майора обвинили в крушении СУ-27 под Петрозаводском. 29 December 2012 . Российская газета. 23 May 2022.
  8. Web site: 63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine . Howard Altman . thedrive.com . 24 May 2022 . 26 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Генерал получил за разбитый в Карелии Су-27 условный срок и штраф. РИА Новости. 24 April 2013. 23 May 2022. ru. Р. И. А.. Новости.
  10. Web site: Лекарство против неба Генерал заплатит Минобороны за разбившийся на учениях Су-27. Lenta.RU. 23 May 2022. ru.
  11. https://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/donbas/_desantniki-veroyatno-unichtozhili-skandalno-izvestnogo-generala-aviacii-rf/1089926 Десантники, вероятно, уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации РФ
  12. Web site: Ukraine. BBC: Russian general Kanamat Botashev died in Ukraine. This is the highest-ranking military pilot who died in the war . 24 May 2022 .
  13. Web site: Долетался. Возле Попасной, вероятно, ликвидировали скандального российского генерала. war.segodnya.ua. 23 May 2022. ru.
  14. Web site: Russian Major General Shot Down over Ukraine – BBC Russian . 24 May 2022 .
  15. Web site: Russian media: retired Russian major general killed in skies over Ukraine . 2022-05-25 . news.yahoo.com . 24 May 2022 . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2022-05-23 . Ukrainian paratroopers have probably neutralized the infamous Russian aviation general . 2022-05-23 . Ukrainian Military Center . en-GB.

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