MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov said that Hero of Russia Rustam Muradov has been appointed the commander of the Eastern Military District.

"One of our own, Hero of Russia Rustam Muradov, was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Military District - one of the most potent military districts in the country in terms of its personnel," he wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.

According to the Dagestani leader, appointing Muradov was a right decision. "Rustam Usmanovich has always been a leader who motivated others, a strategist who was making right decisions, a courageous fighter who was leading the attack. I am confident that these qualities in addition to his military education and combat experience obtained in the most restive regions, Chechnya and Syria, will help him brilliantly deal with combat tasks. I am proud of my friendship with this courageous person," he added.

The Kremlin press service has not yet reported about the signing of a decree on the matter.