At the end of 2010, after leaving the pre-trial detention center, where he was accused of robbery causing damage on an especially large scale, Ivan Taraev decided to reinstate himself in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces and went to bow to the chief of staff of the Volga-Ural (later Central) Military District Sergei Surovikin , now commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Taraev owed his acquaintance with such a high-ranking officer to Sulim Yamadayev, under whose command he once served.
Taraev, after being reinstated in military service and receiving a position at the headquarters of the Central Military District, actually became Surovikin’s shadow adjutant.
Currently, Taraev is an active colonel in the Russian Armed Forces, and his last position was head of the international military cooperation department of the Eastern Military District.
Ivan Taraev’s younger brother, Albert, also a native of Tbilisi, is also very famous in small circles.
In 2014, Albert Taraev, in order to organize and conduct gambling with the extraction of income on an especially large scale, created a criminal community in Moscow. He was charged with committing crimes under Articles 210 (organization of a criminal community) and 171.2 (illegal organization and conduct of gambling) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
A close relative and friend of Taraev is Giga Archilovich Gigava. Gigava is also known in the community and not only… Gigava seems to be either a tough bandit or a GRU officer who was issued a certificate for participating in the operation to “force Georgia to peace” signed by Russian President Medvedev.
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