Russian army
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The scandal around the unworthy behavior of Defense Minister Serdyukov during his visit to the Airborne Forces training center near Ryazan entered a new stage. After several days of shock, the brains of the "stools" with a creak turned to the command "to wet", and "the whole stool army" took
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The former commander of the USSR Airborne Forces, General Vladislav Achalov, applied to hold a crowded rally on Poklonnaya Hill. The event should be attended by about 10,000 veterans of the paratroopers and the Cossacks who joined them. Achalov is convinced that the authorities will not dare to refuse them, in every possible way hinting that
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Consequences of great parsimony and a grave mistake The issue of creating a modern army in Russia based on Western models has been constantly raised by our public and domestic media for almost two decades. Boris Yeltsin declared back in the early 90s that we need other Armed Forces. And in 1996
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Anatoly Serdyukov told exactly when the Defense Ministry plans to complete the military reform. The minister also promised that the term of service on conscription will not be increased. According to the head of the department, all transformations in the army will be completed by 2020. Previously, other dates were called - 2016 or even 2012. How
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Any university student who studied in an unaccredited specialty can now thunder into the army. Now the Ministry of Defense has begun to draft even those students who were previously given the opportunity to complete their studies. Recently, 16 senior students of the Vladimir State University (VlSU) received
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The meeting of the Union of Russian Paratroopers demanding the resignation of Serdyukov is permitted - on November 7 at 12.00 on Poklonnaya Gora … The application submitted by the Union of Russian Paratroopers with a request for permission in the first half of November for the meeting on Poklonnaya Gora was fully satisfied. “The rally will be held on Poklonnaya Hill on November 7
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They say both bad and good about alternative civilian service. And the attitude towards her is different - among people in uniform, among the parents of boys who will soon be in the army, and, of course, among the conscripts themselves. Some do not know what it is, others believe that alternative people simply strive under any pretext
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Military prosecutors of the North Caucasus Military District (SKVO) in 2010 revealed serious violations in the military-economic activities of the North Caucasus Military District, said the military prosecutor of the district, Lieutenant General of Justice Vladimir Milovanov
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Anatoly Serdyukov postpones a direct conversation with officers about mutual respect and decency The leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry has excluded from its plans the third All-Army meeting of army and navy officers, scheduled for November 19 this year. This was reported by one news agency. "Official paper
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The prestige of military service in our country is not great anyway, but it is being downgraded more and more. One gets the feeling that they want to make sure that no one went to serve in the army at all, they mean professional soldiers. What are the statements of the President against this background, about the increase in monetary allowances?
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A monthly bonus for good physical fitness. More and more contract soldiers are paid for sports data. Moreover, the level of physical fitness in the army is now assessed according to a new complex system - it is somewhat reminiscent of the Unified State Exam. The Tenth Separate Special Forces Brigade is an elite one. Get here by
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Russia today has unique opportunities to create a highly effective army, but in order for Russia to finally have such an army, it is necessary to work seriously. This statement was made by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting of the board
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At his recent meeting with Vladimir Putin, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that in 2011 about 2 trillion rubles will be allocated for the needs of the Russian army, which, incidentally, is 19 percent of Russia's total budget for this year. A significant part of these funds will
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Tens of thousands of officers who did not fit into the "new look" of the army are left without a roof over their heads The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has actually failed a program to provide permanent housing for military personnel, which was to be completed by the end of this year. This became clear from the words of the director
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Russian intelligence is seriously weakened today. The current oligarchic government does not want to know, to obtain information about military programs, political strategy and military equipment - it is primarily interested in business issues. This was stated by the President in an interview with the "New Region" correspondent
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The process of reforming the Russian army is gaining momentum, which affects the practical implementation of measures to equip the troops with the necessary equipment and weapons, and further improve their combat training. This has always been one of the most interesting topics for the general public
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The Ministry of Defense has stopped publishing data on the number of non-combat losses of the Russian army on its website. In 2008, the military named the figure - 481 dead soldiers. However, according to the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committees, this figure did not include soldiers who died of injuries in hospitals or
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Recently, the RF Ministry of Defense issued a statement that quite thoroughly stirred up the domestic media. This refers to the message about the possibility of creating mono-ethnic units in the Russian Armed Forces. About why suddenly our military department decided on
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Hazing, what a "beast" that no one can cope with. Where are the roots of this bullying, why is there a hazing relationship. In short, I would name the following as the main reasons for bullying: 1. Irregular relationships thrive where there are no real and
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The new battalion of the internal troops of Dagestan is formed from the natives of the republic. According to experts, it can be used, in particular, to protect the security of the leadership of Dagestan, as well as operations in the mountains on the border with Georgia, BBC reports. The special battalion will be stationed in Kaspiysk, where
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The Russian army will switch to new uniforms next year - the so-called. “Digit” (field form with special pixel colors). As the military authorities promise, it is much better, more practical and reliable than the current one
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The Air Force High Command as such no longer exists. They tried to saddle with the Russian Airborne Forces with the same number and the same thing, but due to the active position of the paratroopers, this has not yet been done. The positions of pilots who have been systematically reduced for a long time, destroyed, deprived of fuel for flying hours - and so on … - except for
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Airborne Forces veterans threaten the Kremlin with the creation of an opposition Popular Front. We wanted to be out of politics, but we are forced to do it, - say the veterans of the Airborne Forces in their open letter addressed to Putin and Gryzlov (the text of which is available to the editorial office of RIA NR)
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Recently, the leadership of the military department, represented by the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff, has become somewhat more open in relation to civil society. At least this is evidenced by several meetings of the military leadership with deputies and senators, with representatives
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Several photos of fighters with a radio station R-168-0.1 in 6B23-1 bulletproof vests with an AS "Val" machine gun. or refute. But as long as it is, to
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The leading formation among the coastal units of the Russian Navy is rightfully considered the separate Guards Orders of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky, the Bialystok Marine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet, which celebrated its 68th birthday this year. Today, this illustrious connection sums it up
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The question is quite interesting if such a so far unpredictable, unfortunately, country like Russia is mentioned here. The fact is that I know the soldier environment very well, since my father is a Soviet officer, and everyone understands how strong the army of the Soviet Union was, which they feared and also to my
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On the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a draft decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On Amendments to the Regulations on the Procedure for Performing Military Service, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1237 of September 16, 1999" has been published. The project provides for the introduction of additions to
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At the Ministry of Defense, the head of the military department met with representatives of the leading Russian media. The informational reason for it was the completion of the next stage of reforming the Armed Forces. But the conversation went beyond this topic and touched on all aspects of the life and activities of the army and
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The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov at the visiting Board of the department, whose meeting was held on Thursday at the training ground of the Western Military District in the Nizhny Novgorod region, reported on the creation of a new combat strength of the army and navy and highly appreciated the work on the creation of four military districts, RIA reported
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To begin with, a couple of quotes: “In order for the regiment to be ready to perform tasks, it was necessary to carry out a large set of measures: to get personnel from military commissariats, equipment from the national economy, load ammunition on vehicles. And only a day later, the regiment was able to complete the tasks
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Speaking yesterday before the participants of the gathering of the commanders of the formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, timed to coincide with the motorized rifle tactical exercises at the largest military training ground in Europe "Gorokhovetsky" in the Nizhny Novgorod region, President Dmitry Medvedev once again voiced his position on the main
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Today in one of the blogs I read about how the regiment was sold in 1992. At first, I just wrote a comment, and then I realized that this comment translates into a whole article. Many military personnel and military pensioners take offense at me for being harsh. However, by the nature of my work, I have to