General Shamanov does not cause sympathy among human rights defenders. During military operations in Bamut, Karamakhi, Chabanmakhi, Urus-Martanovsky and Achkhoy-Martanovsky districts, in general, wherever he directed military actions to suppress the resistance of armed separatists, numerous violations of human rights were noted .
The US State Department also does not like this commander. General Shamanov met once with President Bush, but this happened, as it turned out later, out of oversight. The reason for the visit to America was quite justified, the Russian delegation tried to clarify the fate of the soldiers (still Soviet) captured during the Afghan war. The American general, who made such an undesirable meeting, paid for the oversight of the position. According to State Department officials, it’s somehow not easy to greet the president of the most democratic country in the world with such an odious personality.
It is not the generals who start the war, but the army has to fight. During the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, General Shamanov participated in hostilities on the side of Azerbaijan. Not on his own initiative, of course, he carried out the order.
The story of Colonel Budanov, who killed the seemingly innocent Chechen sniper girl, once again confirmed that General Shamanov (using the expression of one Marxist) is "typical not that." Apparently, the interrogation was carried out without a lawyer.
It is unclear how possible it is to conduct hostilities without violating anyone’s rights. Maybe the militants could somehow be persuaded to lay down their arms in a good way? Or was it better to capitulate, and let yourself be wahhabi to health?
General Shamanov in Chechnya really acted decisively and toughly, one might say Yermolovian. He is clearly not a diplomat. Well, that’s the profession ... It would be better if this war were not.
Everything would be clear if this “soldier-soldier” would not be liked only by champions of the bright ideals of democracy. It violates the integrity of the picture the fact that he also did not like Minister Serdyukov.
The reason for the disgrace was the opposition that Airborne Forces General Shamanov was actively pursuing military reform, which is not popular among professional officers. In the absence of the chief (he was on a well-deserved rest, on vacation), he insidiously penetrated the President of the Russian Federation himself and secured his support. And he kept the troops that he commanded, saved the Airborne Forces from Serdyukov ruin.
The reaction to audacity was not long in coming. Compromising evidence has appeared in the press, demonstrating to the public the whole aggressive essence of the disgraced general. He is ready to send paratroopers into battle in order to rescue his son-in-law (former) and recapture him from prosecutors. So, with whom you will fight, from that you will be typed.
General Shamanov does not deny the fact of the recorded telephone conversation, however, he notes that he underwent a fair amount of correction, apparently with the aim of enhancing the dramatic effect. In addition, a person should be judged not by the words spoken in the heat, but by his actions. However, the general considers the punishment to which he was subjected to be quite fair.