Alexander Fomin

Alexander Fomin was born on May 25, 1959, in Leninogorsk. He attended the Military Institute of the Red Banner of the Ministry of Defence (Now the Military University of the Russian Defence Ministry), graduating in 1984.

Fomin was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation in 2017.

In February 2018, Fomin was promoted to the rank of Colonel General.

In March 2021, he visited Myanmar in his capacity as a military attaché and expressed Russia's commitment to maintaining friendly relations with the country.

In 2022, Fomin was appointed as the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense at the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis between the two countries.

In April 2024, Moscow's Basmanny District Court has ordered the arrest of the founder of the construction company OlimpSitiStroy, Aleksandr Fomin, accused of paying a bribe, making him the third suspect in the case opened against Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov.

As a result of his support for Russian aggression and violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Fomin is subject to personal international sanctions from several countries. Australia imposed sanctions on him in February 2022, while the United Kingdom and New Zealand followed suit in March. In October 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree imposing sanctions on Fomin.