Photos from Boris Rozhin's Telegram channel.
A Kommersant source confirmed the authenticity of the photos with General Sergei Surovikin, which were published on Friday on the Telegram channel of military analyst Boris Rozhin. The publication says its source belongs to the “entourage of a military leader”.
According to a spokesperson for the newspaper, Surovikin is indeed now in Algeria as part of a delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The insider linked the purpose of the trip to that , that “the military-political leadership of the country attaches great importance” to the implementation of foreign policy “in the eastern direction”. The source also said that Surovikin's trip confirms that he “remains trusted at the highest level” and that the work trip may be related “to his eventual appointment to a position” in the specified “eastern direction”.
Formerly a member of the State Defense Committee Duma Viktor Zavarzin said that the general received a new function related to the CIS. Later, publications appeared in the media indicating a specific contribution, but the Ministry of Defense did not comment on these reports.