Admiral Sergei Avakyants resigned as commander of the Pacific Fleet.

Admiral Sergey Avakyants resigned as commander of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) and was appointed head of the headquarters responsible for military sports training and patriotic education centers. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.

According to Trutnev, Avakyants will head a centralized structure that will provide methodological support for the activities of regional centers and coordinate their work. The headquarters will carry out the tasks set by the president.

Admiral Sergei Avakyants was appointed commander of the Pacific Fleet in May 2012 and received the military rank of admiral on December 13, 2014. For his service, he was awarded the orders "For Naval Merit", "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, "For Military Merit" and the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd degree.

It should be noted that shortly before this event, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the start of a surprise check in the Pacific Fleet on April 14. The Pacific Fleet was alerted in full force, and on April 18, the fleet began the final stage of the check. The press service of the Pacific Fleet did not provide an operational comment on this situation.