Pinchuk appointed commander of Russia’s Caspian flotilla

Rear Admiral Sergey Pinchuk has been appointed the commander of the Caspian flotilla by a presidential decree, the defense ministry’s press service said.

"The former commander of the Caspian flotilla Igor Osipov has been appointed to a new position in the Pacific Fleet," TASS cited the press service as saying.

Pinchuk was the commander of the Novorossiyskaya naval base of the Black Sea Fleet in 2011-2014.