Background
He was born on 28 March 1957 in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast.
He was born on 28 March 1957 in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast.
He served in the Soviet Armed Forces since 1973, and graduated from the Moscow Suvorov Military School and the Moscow Supreme Soviet Higher Military Command School, and the Military Academy of the Soviet Army and as well in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
He worked in military intelligence since 1984, and served in various positions in the Main Intelligence Directorate. He speaks several foreign languages and was awarded state awards. In 1998 as a colonel, he served as a RF Military Attaché in Tirana, Albania.
In December 2011, he was appointed as Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Sanctions March 20th 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Sergun and 19 other men were added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN). On 12 May 2014, Sergun was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the 2014 Crimean crisis.
He is barred from entering the European Union countries, and his assets in the European Union have to be frozen. On January 4, 2016, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu released a short statement to the Russian non-governmental news agency Interfax, and published on the Kremlin website, stating that Sergun had "died unexpectedly" the day before, on January 3rd, but didn"t specify the cause of his death.
Three days later, on January 6th, the American based global intelligence company Stratfor questioned Sergun’s death stating that their source heard a report that he died on New Year"s Day in Lebanon.
On March 4, 2016, Stratfor was supported in their analysis of Sergun’s death by the Lebanese media outlet Ya Libnan who reported he was killed in a "complicated secret mission" that several Arab and Middle Eastern intelligence agencies took part in too. The Kremlin in responding to the Ya Libnan claims being made about Sergun’s death "withheld comment" with Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov further adding, "We have already voiced everything we could, you have yourselves characterized these reports.".
Order of Military Merit Order of Honour Medal for Battle Merit Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" Medal "Foreign Impeccable Service", 1st class Medal of the Order "Foreign Merit", 2nd class Medal "Foreign strengthening of the state system of protection of information", 2nd class "Medal "Participant of Operation March-Shot Bosnia-Kosovo 12 June 1999".
