Anatoly Chepiga
Anatoly Chepiga | |
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| Native name | Анатолий Владимирович Чепига |
| Nickname(s) | Ruslan Boshirov Ruslan Tabarov Andrey Sholkhov |
| Born | 5 April 1979 Nikolayevka, Ivanovsky District, Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russia |
| Service Branch | Main Intelligence Directorate Spetsnaz GRU |
| Years of service | Since 2001 |
| Rank | Polkovnik (equiv. colonel) |
| Battles / wars | Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Anatoly Vladimirovich Chepiga (Russian: Анатолий Владимирович Чепига, born 5 April 1979) is a colonel in the Russian General Staff's Main Directorate (also known as GRU), the military intelligence service of the Russian Federation. He is reported to have served in the Second Chechen War and the Russo-Ukrainian War. He is known to have operated under the cover names "Ruslan Tabarov" and "Ruslan Boshirov".