Unit Commander

Unit: Unknown Drone Unit

Cargo ID: #524

Full Name: Nikolai Nikolaevich Saidov

Russian Name: Саидов Николай Николаевич

Education: Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School

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"After graduating from the school, Nikolai was distributed to the city of Aleysk (Altai Territory). Five times he was sent to Syria, participated in the settlement of the conflict on the border of Tajikistan with Afghanistan."

Awarded: Order of Courage (ph.), Medal of Suvorov, Medal of Zhukov

Date of Birth: 22 December, 1987 (age: 34)

This appears to be a photo taken when he was a Captain, and photoshopped to look somewhat like he is wearing Major's epaulettes. Actual Major epaulettes have a single large star between two red lines. The manipulation is particularly evident on his right shoulder (left of the image). One can clearly see where two small stars below the existing one were removed, and another small star above the existing one. His rank is confirmed, so this was mostly likely done by the news outlet to attempt to reflect that.