Peskov said, "We never comment on all these gossip and rumors about personnel appointments." But he denied the rumor that the chief of staff of the Russian armed forces was dismissed in this way.
According to Russian TASS and other media reports on the 13th, some accounts on some Western media and social platforms have recently spread news that in the near future, the leadership of the General Staff of the Russian Federation's Armed Forces will change, "Russian President Putin has signed a relevant order to dismiss the post of Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov."
In response, Russian President's press secretary and spokesman for Klemish Palace Peskov denied this at a press conference on the 13th. According to the Russian newspaper, Peskov said at a press conference that day, "We never comment on all these gossips and rumors about personnel appointments, because most gossips are not true." Peskov also said, "No order was signed, so this is purely a rumor on Telegram, and there are a large number of such rumors."
Russian "Voice of the People" website reported that the truth of the matter was that Valery Gerasimov continued to perform his duties as the Chief of Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces. He did not resign. The Chief of Staff can be removed from office by the Russian President, but there is no corresponding decree on the official website of the Kremlin , and the Russian Federal media have not reported personnel changes in the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces.
report also said that Gerasimov and Russian Defense Minister Shoigu attended the award ceremony for the Russian Heroes held in the St. George Hall of the Great Kremlin on December 8. The schedule of the event is consistent with the Heroes of the Motherland celebrated on December 9.
In addition, Gerasimov also attended the ceremony of the 190th anniversary of the establishment of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces. He congratulated the 190th anniversary of the educational institution, together with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and presented national awards to the academy staff.
The "Voice of the People" website reported that from the very beginning, Ukrainian rumormongers often "fired" Valeri Gerasimov: This news first appeared just four days after the special operation began. Later, Olexi Arestovic, an adviser to the Ukrainian Presidential Office, claimed again that he learned of Gerasimov's resignation. In October, the Ukrainians introduced another fake news that Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were fired. But all these reports are fake.
Although the Russian official refuted the rumors, netizens responded to this in a complicated way on the Russian Internet.
In a comment on the Russian newspaper "Opinion", some netizens said: "Some people really want to kill Gerasimov. They have started making up stories according to his wishes, but it doesn't depend on them..."
But some netizens took the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction with the unfavorable war. Some netizens said: "It's a pity that's fake. The Russian army has made so many mistakes and incoordination - the complete failure of reconnaissance, the useless aerospace forces, our strategic aviation base is being destroyed, and people do not feel protected by the armed forces in the border areas... and he just sat and watched it happen."
Of course, the public opinion on the Internet is complicated, and no one can confirm whether these anti-Geshimov netizens are really from Russia.
One fact is that in the early stages of the conflict, Gerasimov was very popular.
General Valery Gerasimov is a professional soldier who started from the grassroots platoon leader and was promoted to general with his military achievements.
Grasimov was born in Kazan in 1955. His military journey started from the bottom platoon leader, and he served as the commander of the Russian Northwest Cluster Motorized Infantry Division, deputy commander of a group of troops in the Moscow Military Region, and commander of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military Region. After the outbreak of 's Second Chechen War in 1999, Gerasimov was appointed as the commander of the Western Front by Putin. Gerasimov changed the previous tactic of the Russian army's massive tank push.He adopted tactics such as steady attack, step by step, and cooperated with airborne troops, special forces surprise attacks, assaults, encirclement and suppression, and continuously consumed the enemy's live power. He also made full use of the Russian army's absolute advantages in air supremacy and high-tech weapons, dispatched bomber , striker , armed helicopter and tactical missile to carry out long-range precision strikes on enemy bases, radar , TV stations, leaders' residences, airports, weapons and ammunition depots, etc. Due to proper tactics, the Russian army won consecutive victories. He led his troops to take the lead in conquering Chechnya's capital Grozny . The victory of this war won him extremely high honor, and his mixed tactics were called "Gelasimov tactics" by the Russian army.
In 2015, the Russian army sent troops to Syria , and helped the Syrian government defeat Western-supported anti-government forces with the same tactics. In 2016, Ge was awarded the title of " Hero of the Russian Federation " by President Putin. In this special military operation, after the Russian army's flowering tactics were set at the beginning in Udoro, the "Grasimov tactics" were taken seriously again.
Therefore, there are many rumors about him in the West. At the end of May this year, Ukrainian and Western media hyped that Gerasimov was seriously injured when he was bombarded by the Ukrainian army while inspecting the Ukrainian frontier command post. But within two days he appeared at the Ministry of Defense meeting. Russian TV cameras deliberately used several minutes to "show" that he was safe and sound, and the rumors were self-defeating.
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