Sergey Khlebnikov (general)

Sergey Dmitrievich Khlebnikov (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Хлебников; 16 February 1956, Perm, Soviet Union) is a Russian Lieutenant General who was notably part of the Federal Guard Service.

Having received a university diploma in 1980, he was sent to the Kremlin Regiment, where he took the post of platoon commander.

In this position he played an essential role in Russian presidential inaugurations, the Moscow Victory Day Parade, and the Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo.

In February 2020, he was by order of President Vladimir Putin dismissed and replaced by Major General Sergey Udovenko in the run up to the preparations for the diamond jubilee of the end of the Second World War.

[2] On 28 January, President Putin, Khlebnikov was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Officer of the State Guard Services of the Russian Federation.