Russian army 2024, November

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov discusses his country's relationship with NATO, the possibilities for cooperation in the deployment of missile defense in Europe, and the resistance that Russian officers are showing to the Kremlin's military reforms. - Twenty years have passed since graduation

Judging by the statements of the representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the final decision was made to create in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation a military police numbering about 20 thousand people and with its own command "vertical" from the brigade to the district. Basically, the police will be former military personnel transferred to the reserve in

More and more military analysts agree that ethnic hazing will become the main problem of the Russian army in the near future. Soldiers-fellow countrymen, uniting in cohesive national groups, build their own power vertical in military units. These are mainly guys called from the North

Last week, recruits from the North Caucasus rebelled in the barracks of the Bolshoye Savino airbase in the Urals. As the commander of the unit, Colonel Dmitry Kuznetsov, told reporters, 120 armed soldiers terrorized fellow Slavs, taking their money, food, valuables and forcing

"Military reform" and "reform of the armed forces" are terms that are often confused. The first dictionaries are understood as an all-encompassing alteration of the entire military organization of the state. Reforming the armed forces is a more private undertaking. So it is now being held in Russia and, most importantly, for

Chechen fighters in the Russian service Another former Chechen underground fighter has legalized. The country has ignored a process that has long ago become irreversible and is approaching its logical final form. The surviving Dudayev and Maskhadovites returned to Grozny and again received weapons from

The hatred of the officer corps towards Defense Minister Serdyukov is growing, and it is understandable why: over two years of reforms, over 100 thousand officers were dismissed from the army, and not all of them received the promised benefits. Another 40 thousand officers lost their posts and were removed from the staff: they receive only a meager salary for

The way the Russian Defense Minister communicates with his subordinates did not like the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. One day, not a wonderful day for him, Anatoly Serdyukov received a call from the Kremlin and politely but categorically demanded "to carry out work to form a positive image of military reform," said

Brief background. The leadership of the NOMP - Colonel V.V. Kvachkov and Yu.A. Ekishev attended a meeting of the Council of the Union of Russian Paratroopers, where V.V. Kvachkov voiced the idea not only to adopt a resolution to the Minister of Defense (and so on, drastic measures - to gather the paratroopers

Over the past week, several statements from servicemen of different groups have circulated around the Internet at once: in Ulyanovsk, a hunger strike, mainly tankers, paratroopers were insulted by Serdyukov, naval sailors wrote an angry appeal to Putin, they were supported by cosmonauts. What unites and what distinguishes all these

Service in the army … What is this - a tribute to tradition? Archaism? Or just a habit of the state? At a time when specialists are appreciated, when everything is decided exclusively by professionals in their field, and equipped with the latest technical developments - who, for what purpose, may need a giant ORDA, not

Last week, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General of the Army Nikolai Makarov, made a report on the progress of the military reform at the State Duma Defense Committee. This attracted a lot of public attention. And although at the Ministry of Defense, after

About 50 Dagestanis keep the entire military unit in fear At the beginning of July, 20 young recruits from Primorye went to military unit No. 33917 for military service. The unit is located in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and belongs to the railway troops. Among the recruits was Andrey Smirnov (name

The military department is seriously concerned about the country's mobilization capabilities. According to Deputy Chief of the General Staff Vasily Smirnov, the Ministry of Defense has developed a bill that radically changes the system of staying Russian citizens in the reserve

Digital Battlespace is a very fashionable term in international military slang in recent years. Along with Network-centric warfare, Situation Awarness, and other US-borrowed terms and concepts

During the exhibition "Innovation Day of the Southern Military District", not only military equipment was demonstrated, but also other material part of the troops. The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed a large number of various weapons and special equipment used by the units

We didn't want to write this article. Simply because the delusional conclusions of the Israeli portal "Mako" somehow repel one from a serious conversation on this topic. However, the published information aroused the interest of readers. Interest just like the servicemen (former or current) of the Russian

I came to the need to write an article on this topic after reading a number of other articles proposing the modernization of the modern organizational structure. Basically, these articles propose to return the old Soviet states of motorized rifle and tank divisions. Most suggest as a basis

Recently, there has been a flow of information about the use of electronic warfare (EW) against the enemy in military exercises. So, during the recent surprise check of the Northern Fleet, the newest Murmansk-BN complex with a range of up to five thousand kilometers was deployed there. According to the chief

Necessary author's foreword. In general, it was planned as a kind of interview, but, while processing the recording of our conversation, I decided to do it as a monologue of the narrator. It turns out to be more understandable and accessible. Moreover, unlike many representatives of the younger generation, my interlocutor is really

The creators of domestic weapons have remained faithful to traditions - we remain trendsetters in armored vehicles and are not lagging behind in the most important areas of military technology. The tank support combat vehicle, which received its own name - "Terminator", was created taking into account military operations

More than a month ago, a referendum was held, as a result of which Crimea and Sevastopol became part of the Russian Federation. During this time, a huge number of various statements were made regarding the legality of the referendum and its results. However, official Moscow and recently

The phrases (terms) "little green men" and especially "hybrid war" have become commonplace now. They are new, arose only for a year, and, judging by the primary sources, were introduced into everyday life from the people. They are most actively used by Western politicians and generals in the current large-scale

Tanks are, of course, great. It's like bees roughly. Strength, in a word. But tanks on their own, without the support of supply units, can do very little. They need to be refueled, repaired, and ammunition supplied. So the job of a military driver is very necessary and difficult. Especially in combat conditions

The troops of the Eastern Military District completed all measures to bring them to the highest degree of combat readiness. The total number of troops involved in the inspection is about 100 thousand people. All branches and branches of the Armed Forces are involved in a large-scale inspection. Currently connections and

The second part of our reportage is devoted to those exhibitors who do not shine at parades. But nevertheless they play a significant role. It will not fall off obviously. Well, it is huge … Bridge. Just a bridge. Our craftsmen made this mobile workshop out of GAZ-66. Looks like a basic spare part in the workshop

The exhibition at the Army 2015 Forum is huge. And it will not fit in one reportage. Of course, it is unrealistic to shoot everything that was there. But we did our best. Moreover, we tried to bring some order to the footage. Walk with us through the huge area of the "Park

When they say about the ex-Minister of Defense: what do you really want: everyone and everyone is accused of harboring the grandiose scale of corruption, and he did not even think to conceal it - he just waved someone concocted papers … Like, with what the boss does not exist … Only at the same time it is far from

Popularization of service in the Russian army is a burning and painful topic. On the one hand, the state is doing its best to give the very fact of service a positive connotation, but on the other hand, modern young people of military age are still far from everyone in a hurry to take such efforts for pure

More than a month has passed since the change of defense ministers took place in Russia. Sergei Shoigu replaced Anatoly Serdyukov and decided to make serious personnel changes in the leadership of both the entire ministry and in the format of its individual departments. Information is regularly received that so

Sergei Shoigu continues to actively develop in the chair of the Minister of Defense. And the longer time passes from the moment of his appointment, the more positive news comes from the main military department. Not so long ago, Russia actually got used to the fact that military reform should not take place otherwise

The country is multinational, multi-confessional. There are enough of their own problems in any region, and, as the classic said, the unhappy are unhappy in their own way … While some enthusiastically cry for the indispensable transition to the contract basis of the Russian army with hope, which is most often associated with personal

The replacement of the Russian Defense Minister was seen as nothing other than the salvation of the State Defense Order, which Anatoly Serdyukov could not implement over the years of his work. It seemed that it was only necessary to give him a strong economic assistant, or to replace the minister himself with an economic manager, as

Decrees were published last week that the posts of Deputy Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu instead of Dmitry Chushkin and Elena Morozova, who are considered to be Anatoly Serdyukov's people, will be occupied by Ruslan Tsalikov and Yuri Borisov. Obviously, the new minister is not going to work with his predecessor's team

After the resignation of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the approval of Sergei Shoigu in this post, we again began to remember that a military reform is underway in the country. No - one cannot say that everyone, without exception, has forgotten about holding this, but recently an ordinary ordinary Russian (and not only

So, the top of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has undergone dramatic changes. The post of head of the defense department was taken by the former governor of the Moscow region, Sergei Shoigu. On his recommendation, Colonel-General Valery Gerasimov was appointed Chief of the General Staff

The modern Russian information field sometimes gives rise to spikelets that are more and more similar to weeds. Moreover, if a pair of such artificially bred weeds grows on one information "hectare", then in a strange way they are the ones that attract the most public attention

Russian news agencies disseminated information that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft law on how to increase the attractiveness of the conscription service for young people with Russian passports. This draft states, in particular, that

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich - Deputy of the State Duma (United Russia faction), Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee. In 1980 he graduated from the military-political tank-artillery school, in 2004 - from the Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation. Surkov Vladislav Yurievich. Vice-chairman

Until now, the servicemen and government officials themselves were concerned about the lack of housing for servicemen. Moreover, in the vast majority of cases, the former showed much greater concern than the latter. Promises to provide all military personnel on the waiting list with their assigned living space from the high stands