Russian army
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The reason for writing this material was a video on YouTube, which is not only shocking, but shocking. The video has been posted for a long time and has been discussed on some military forums. However, in the context of today, this video is very indicative. The essence of the video is simple. A certain aunt in a white coat scolds
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One cannot but agree with the popular assertion that real life experience comes only when the number of mistakes made personally turns into quality. But if in civilian life this statement has the right to be applied, which has been proven over the years, then the mistakes made in the army
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One of the main methods of camouflaging and misinforming the enemy is the creation of fictitious military bases, on the territory of which models of real military equipment are located, from aircraft to artillery pieces. But in recent years there has been controversy about taking on the balance sheet
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There are few who doubt that the current military education system in Russia is going through a severe crisis. Obviously, those who started this reform of military education do not really understand what they want to get at the exit, and someone even deliberately destroys the old system, according to the principle “we will destroy
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Attempts to popularize the army in the eyes of conscripts on our television with varying intensity have been made for many years. From time to time, various serials about army life are filmed and sentimental songs are invented, under which the credits float across the screen. Often involved in filming
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During his speech at an expanded meeting of the board of the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office (GVP) last Thursday, which was devoted to the results of work in the 1st half of the year, the head of the department, Sergei Fridinsky, reported only one positive figure - a decrease of 11% compared to the same period
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The commercial seaport in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is now dilapidated. But a huge number of practically new ones, as they say, in the factory lubrication of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, amphibious tanks, and self-propelled gun mounts, are concentrated on the pier. Military equipment stands without combat escort, patrolmen and
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According to Oleg Taksheyev, head of the department for state orders of NPP RusBal, in August of this year, the enterprise plans to test completely new inflatable models that simulate anti-aircraft missile systems and complement the existing models of tanks and aircraft, which today
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Today, every Russian is well aware that only a memory remains of the former glory of the Soviet Army. The priorities in military domination on a global scale have changed and quite significantly. If twenty years ago there were two real forces - the USSR and the USA, today the leading roles
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At the end of last week, the next campaign for the spring conscription of Russian citizens fit for health reasons and reached draft age for military service ended. Its initial results were immediately promulgated by Colonel-General V. Smirnov, deputy. Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces
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Since May 1998, the country annually celebrates the Day of the Rear Services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on August 1. Back in 1941, the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR established the Main Directorate of the Rear Services of the Red Army. It was then headed by Andrey Khrulev. Currently, the Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation include various types
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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