Russian army 2024, November
Service maintenance of weapons and military equipment remains a big problem Oboronservis has sunk into oblivion, but its business lives on. Rather, it should live, but there are nuances. The tasks for the repair and maintenance of weapons and military equipment, which were assigned to the disgraced department, still require a solution
In connection with the latest events in the international arena, several characteristic trends have emerged in Russian society. People began to pay more attention to the problems of international politics and the place of their country in the world, as well as to more actively show their patriotism. In addition, there is a desire
The main part of targets in Syria is hit by unguided weapons used with high precision The latest Russian developments allow the use of free-fall bombs with an accuracy corresponding to the best WTO models. On average, it takes a little more than one to hit one target
Does the manning system of the Russian Armed Forces meet modern requirements? The extremely difficult tasks facing the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation today have sharply raised the bar for their compliance with people in uniform. New forms and methods of military operations, modern weapons and military equipment
Information leaked to the masses, allegedly from very competent and trustworthy sources, that soon the entire appeal drawn from the regions of the North Caucasus will be assembled closer to each other to create units consisting entirely of Caucasian faces
On October 1, 2013, the next autumn conscription began in the Russian Federation. Young people aged 18 to 27 years in the amount of 150 thousand 30 people will be called up until December 31 of this year. The current autumn call has a number of differences from the calls of previous years. And about these differences
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not fully fulfill the plan to call up conscripts to recruit the Internal Troops (VV) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the autumn draft that ended on December 31, 2010. This was reported at the headquarters of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. “In the application of the General Staff, we asked in the framework of the autumn
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, September 30, signed a decree on the beginning of the autumn conscription in the RF Armed Forces. The text of the corresponding decree was published on the Kremlin's official website. The call will run on standard calendar dates, October 1 to December 31, 2015, and will
Letters to the President Mr. President, feel like the Supreme Commander, because this letter is about the army and about the most important commanders. But let's start with an ordinary soldier. He shot himself. Last Friday at a training ground in the Sverdlovsk region, Private Makarov shot himself twice. One bullet
Russian news agencies disseminated information that the Defense Ministry is discussing an additional mechanism that will solve the problem with the systematic shortage of conscripts. This mechanism can be the conscription of those young people of military age
In June of this year, the graduation of young lieutenants took place at the Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy, located in the city of Voronezh. About 1,200 people have graduated from the academy, and not only Russians are among them. Professional military personnel who have received diplomas from a prestigious
The Russian government has begun to create a draft budget for 2012-2014. Among some of the radical measures proposed by the Ministry of Finance is the refusal to increase the number of contract soldiers and officers in order to save 160 billion rubles. Another measure proposed in the project is to reduce the army
According to official data published by the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Defense, about 235 thousand so-called draft deviators were recorded in our country in 2012. In this case, deviators are understood as young people aged 18 to 27 years old who use various means and
Believers call Easter the celebration of all celebrations. For them, the Resurrection of Christ is the main holiday of the Orthodox calendar. For the sixth time in a row in its modern history, the Russian army celebrates Easter, overshadowed by military priests who appeared in units and formations after ninety years
At present, the purchase of weapons for the army of a large state abroad is practically impossible for a BMD-4 with the Bakhcha-U combat module. what factors
In July 2013, at a meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the issue of improving the spiritual, moral and patriotic education of servicemen was considered, which, as the historical experience of the development of the armed forces of our state shows, should always form the basis of work on
Life has repeatedly proved the validity of Field Marshal Kutuzov's statement: What are the officers, so is the army. It largely depends on the officers how much each soldier knows his maneuver, is internally ready for sacrifice, including his own life, in the name of the security of the state, which, by and large
The entire current week in the plans of the Ministry of Defense is set aside for the command-staff exercise "Kavkaz-2012". Servicemen of the Southern Military District, as well as representatives of the high command, are involved in the events continuing the series of major exercises. The aim of the "Kavkaza-2012" is to develop
For a long time, the Russian authorities, in fact, did not pay serious attention to the state of affairs in the Kuril Islands. And this autumn the situation has changed dramatically. The Russian Ministry of Defense has decided to deploy modern weapons on the Kuril Islands. In particular, a large-scale
The second month of autumn has begun, which means that the presidential decree on the conscription of young men into the army has come into force. For the first time in the history of our country, the number of those who will join the ranks of the Russian army is only 135,850 people. This figure suggests that by the summer of next year
1. How It Was Even before the collapse of the USSR, more precisely, on the eve of this historic catastrophe, strange words for us began to sound for the first time: "contract army", sometimes more familiar - "professional army". Beautiful formulations, vivid examples from the camp of the "potential enemy", the movement of soldiers
Not so long ago, within the framework of raising the prestige of our army, another event was held, launched with the light hand of our valiant presidents - the release of new clothes in which the soldiers would be comfortable in fighting. It was decided to abandon natural materials (cotton, linen and others) in favor of
On October 5, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Nikolai Pankov gave a press conference in the club of military observers at the Office of the Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in which he highlighted a number of issues of further reforming the Russian Armed Forces
Over the past few days, Dmitry Medvedev has managed to show himself from various angles. First, he decided, as they say, to give the presidency to Vladimir Putin without a fight, explaining that Putin's rating is "somewhat higher." Secondly, Medvedev publicly sharply criticized the minister
The large-scale exercises "Center-2011" have ended, which, rather, left more questions than answers. Experts and analysts are still wondering what exactly was worked out in the course of these diverse operations on the territory of various CSTO member states. At the same time, some people are absolutely sure that
It is known from the documents of the military archives that the outbreak of the 1941 war caused various feelings and actions of the population of the USSR - from the readiness to defend their land, relatives and friends to fear, bewilderment and panic. From the memoirs of veterans, books, films, we know a lot about political and
As you know, we are fighting corruption on all fronts. But only something while corruption beats all those laws and barriers that they are trying to fix. Moreover, the victory of corruption can be recognized both at the local level and on an all-Russian scale. It is necessary to talk about army corruption
The Russian army has long ceased to meet modern challenges. This obvious fact has been repeatedly spoken about by both military analysts and representatives of power structures. However, no really serious steps for a large-scale reform have been taken so far. Some kind of external was needed
Now, such cereals as barley, millet and oatmeal are withdrawn from the diet of military personnel. For those who at one time did military service, these cereals have their own history, or even a whole era. A few years ago, a Russian, and even more so a Soviet, private could not have imagined that
Recently, more and more words have been heard that the number of those wishing to pay their debt to the Motherland as a conscript service among young people is steadily decreasing. Already, it seems, the service life was reduced to just a year, and the funding of the army was increased, and the units were almost equipped with contract soldiers
The CENTER-2011 operational-strategic exercise became the central event in the preparation of the Russian Armed Forces. First Deputy Minister of Defense, Chief of the General Staff, General of the Army Nikolai Makarov is in charge of the exercises. The topic of the exercise is the preparation and use of inter-service groupings of troops for
After the arms exhibition ended in Nizhny Tagil, information began to appear in the press that a new tank, a fourth-generation armored vehicle, could appear already in 2015. In addition, the military department says that for 6-7 years, starting in 2014, the ground forces
According to Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff, in 2012 the army will recruit contract soldiers for vacant positions of privates, as well as junior sergeants. Against the backdrop of rising unemployment, the defense department of Anatoly Serdyukov is obviously ready to become the largest supplier of vacancies
So the reform of education and the armed forces in our country crossed. Starting next year, such a "beast" as a military bachelor is no longer a nightmare of a Russian citizen, but an objective reality. To get a higher education, you will need to determine its level. Basically, for the highest
Investigations began on the fact of complaints of conscripts from the Kirov region in the military unit Borzya Recently, one can often hear that the Kirov servicemen complain to their parents about hazing and poor maintenance in military units. Not so long ago, a message came from a military unit in the city
The Soviet army has long ceased to exist, the volumes of which were colossal, but the system of training officers continues to be conducted according to the same principles as 25-30 years ago. The numerical strength of the Russian armed forces is only one fifth of the numerical strength of the army
The problem of providing housing for military personnel has never left the category of acute problems in Russia. Any person holding the post of Head of State said that every Russian officer was about to receive his long-awaited housing. Only each Chapter added that it was necessary to wait a little longer. People were waiting
Twenty years have passed since the day of the complete and final collapse of the Soviet Union. For twenty years Russia has been forced to independently respond to new challenges without the help of the so-called "fraternal" republics. And over these twenty years, Russia has already felt the pressure from the West, and
At present, Russia, which retained its army in the dashing 90s, is the second country in the world in terms of military potential. It's no secret that Russia needs the army like air. A huge territory, on which large reserves of all kinds of natural resources are concentrated, for many states is
Today, the supply of new weapons systems and military equipment to the troops is a controversial and controversial issue, when the Ministry of Defense declares that there are no problems and all work is proceeding according to previously agreed plans and programs, somewhat different information comes from the troops themselves