He was awarded the national order of Mali for his contribution to strengthening cooperation between Moscow and Bamako.

The Russian general oversees the Russian Federation’s cooperation with a number of African countries, within the framework of which the deployment of African Corps units in them and the transfer of SMO military experience to African partners are taking place.

About a year ago foreign agent Nevzorov and the French radio station RFI claimed that Averyanov allegedly died in a Ukrainian Armed Forces attack. And in Western media there appeared statements about the general’s death in Syria and Africa.