# Russian general Valery Plokhotnyuk buried in Moscow after suspected party explosion death

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- Meduza, 2026-08-07 07:38 UTC
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- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/07/russian-general-buried-in-moscow-identified-as-valery-plokhotnyuk-he-likely-died-in-explosion-at-aerospace-forces-chief-s-birthday-party

> Major General Valery Plokhotnyuk was buried at Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on August 5. The report came from the anonymous Russian Telegram channel VChK-OGPU. Plokhotnyuk likely died in an explosion at the birthday party of the Aerospace Forces chief. The circumstances of the blast were not described further.