Igor Korobov

Lieutenant-General Igor Valentinovich Korobov (born 3 August 1956) is the current Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian Federation and Hero of the Russian Federation (2017).

Early life
Igor Korobov was born on 3 August 1956. In 1977, Korobov graduated with honors from the Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and Navigators, North Caucasus Military District, as an officer in the Soviet Air Forces.

Career
Korobov served as head of the Strategic Intelligence Directorate (Upravlenie strategicheskoi razvedky). He was promoted to head of GRU following the death of Igor Sergun in 2016.

On 29 December 2016, Korobov was one of the individuals sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury for "malicious cyber-enabled activities" threatening the national security of the United States.