The conclusions, by investigators from the organization of jailed opposition activist Aleksei Navalny, add to the public picture of General Sergei Surovikin, who commanded Russia's operations in Syria in the late 2010s and who has earned the nickname "General Armageddon" for his reputation for brutality there.On November 9, Surovikin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced a retreat from the west bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region, the latest in a series of major battlefield losses that have emboldened Ukrainian troops.The investigation, released on November 10, highlights the continuing efforts of Navalny's associates, who have pushed ahead with his trademark projects even after his imprisonment last year.Under the arrangement detailed by Navalny's investigators, a Timchenko-owned construction company called Stroytransgaz gained access to two Syrian phosphate mining operations near Palmyra called Al-Sharqiya and Khneifis.Additionally, according to the investigation, the wife of a top manager at Stroytransgaz also gave Argus SFK a 25 million-ruble loan (about $412,000)."