Rustam Minnekayev

Rustam Minnekayev is a Russian officer who serves as deputy commander of Russia's Central Military District, with the rank of General Major. He has also served as President of Tatarstan since 2010.

Quotes

 * We are now at war with the whole world, as it was in the Great Patriotic War.
 * The whole world was against us and now it's the same thing, they never liked Russia.Russia Targets Moldova Invasion Next as They Seek Land Corridor via Ukraine
 * Said during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraina, quoted in "Russia Targets Moldova Invasion Next as They Seek Land Corridor via Ukraine", Newsweek, 22 April 2022


 * Russia plans to take full control over Donbas and southern Ukraine as a part of the second phase of the military operation.
 * Control over southern Ukrain is another way to Transnistria, where there are also facts about suppression of the Russian-speaking population.
 * "Russland vil ta hele sør-Ukraina: − Jeg tror ikke de vil lykkes" (In Norwegian; "Russian wants to take the whole southern Ukraine: - I don't think they will succeed"), VG, 22 April 2022