Military Service
- Soviet Union
Kazantsev started out as a platoon commander in 1966 and served in Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Afghanistan (1979) and with the Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia. He was military advisor to the government of Kazakhstan in 1991.
- Russia
From 1991 to 1993 — First Deputy Chief of Staff, then - deputy commander Trans-Baikal military district combat training. From April 1993 to February 1996 - Chief of Staff, first deputy commander of the Trans-Baikal military district. From February 1996 to July 1997 - First Deputy Commander North-Caucasian Military District. From July 1997 to May 2000 - Commander of the North Caucasus Military District
From August 1999 to April 2000 — Commander of the Allied Group of Federal Forces in the North Caucasus, while maintaining the post of commander of the North Caucasus military district. In January 2001, at the post was created by Presidential Decree of the operational staff to manage counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus region.
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