 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi wa11 Chikumi 2015, Kartapolov akasimudzirwa kuita colonel general. Musi wa10 Mbudzi 2015, Kartapolov akagadzwa kuve mukuru weWestern Military District. Musi wa 23 Mbudzi 2015, akaunzwa negurukota rezvekudzivirirwa, Sergey Shoygu, kune hutungamiriri hweWestern Military District uye akapihwa mureza wemukuru wedunhu. Kubva 19 Zvita 2016 kusvika Kurume 2017, Kartapolov aive mutungamiri weboka reRussia remauto muSyria.. Munguva yekuraira kwake mushure mekuita basa rinosanganisira ndege dzeRussia neRussia Special Operations Forces musi wa 2 Kurume 2017, Palmyra yakadzoserwa kudzora kwehurumende yeSyria kechipiri. 