Russian army 2024, May

On December 17, Russia celebrates the Day of employees of the State Courier Service. Not all of our fellow citizens know about the existence of this service, and even fewer people have at least an approximate idea of what the couriers are doing and how the formation of this

It is rather difficult to predict what weapons and in what quantities the RF Armed Forces will receive in the new year - it depends on many economic and political factors, as well as on the situation at specific enterprises of the defense industry. Let's talk about what you need to buy for the RF Armed Forces, and without what you can

We are already accustomed to the fact that events in the military environment that will not please us (turn over to metal, disband, and the like) are happening quietly and peacefully. Why attract attention again? But when something is being created, I agree, you need to speak in a full voice. Especially if what

After the article "The United Group of Forces in the Caucasus. Prospects and Goals", some especially zealous "peacekeepers" from this region began to actively "spit saliva" in my direction. This is understandable. The conflict is in such a phase that to find someone to blame for the deaths from both

The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, I confess, puzzled with one figure. Speaking in St. Petersburg, at the celebrations dedicated to the 320th anniversary of the founding of the Russian fleet, he said the following:

It is very difficult to write about things that have no factual confirmation. Today's layman is accustomed to the fact that for every information message there must be some kind of proof. This material is just from this category, there was an event, but how to properly submit it, the question is still

So, on November 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the signing of an agreement with the Republic of Armenia on the creation of a united group of forces on the territory of this state. The official website of legal information says the following: "Accept the proposal of the government of the Russian Federation on

In the near future, new aviation formations will appear in the Russian armed forces, the task of which will be to ensure the combat work of special-purpose structures. It is planned to form new helicopter squadrons designed to work with special forces in certain conditions. Pilots and

At the end of September, the lengthy exercises of the Joint Strategic Command "North" ended. For two months, various formations and subunits subordinate to the command were solving combat training tasks in the waters of several seas. In addition to the ships and submarines of the Navy, to

As you know, any society is doomed to conflicts, and the higher the imbalance between the sex ratio, the more obvious the conflicts. Many have heard about the ongoing squabbles in a purely female collective, and, of course, everyone knows about the problems of an exclusively male isolated collective, such as the army

While the global network and the media are "boiling" regarding the first long-range campaign of a full-fledged AUG of the Russian Navy to the shores of Syria in order to conduct a military operation against ISIS, as well as to cover our military contingent and the Syrian Armed Forces from possible attacks by the OVS of the Western coalition

The Ministry of Defense intends to return to the experience of creating “wild divisions” formed on a mono-ethnic and mono-confessional principle. The Russian military command was prompted to take this step by the increasing incidence of hazing on the basis of interethnic contradictions. In fact, there is nothing new in this idea. V

The Defense Department, as part of the current autumn conscription, has introduced a number of innovations with the goal of somewhat liberalizing its own image in the eyes of recruits and their parents. Firstly, out of almost 7 thousand residents of Sverdlovsk who will wear military uniforms this fall, over 2 thousand people will serve on

Numerous incidents involving the convergence of Russian and American aircraft and ships seem to have come to an end. At the very least, there are indications that the country's top military-political leadership has issued direct instructions to the Armed Forces to no longer allow incidents like the famous incident with

Russia does not yet have the funds for a full transition to a contract army, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov admitted, RIA Novosti reports. “Now we cannot afford to create a completely contract army,” the minister noted. “Armament, believe me, is cheaper than a good one

Do not rush to shout about the bad boys who rushed to divulge this secret. My interlocutors are quite adult people, and they will be older than me. And what they told me, and told me, definitely, a little bit, was not done at all from a desire to slander or defile what is holy. On the contrary, the main

How to recognize "Grandfather" It is not difficult, because the appearance and manners of the 'old men' are the best business card. Their 'identifying features' are: a hook on the collar of a tunic or overcoat is unfastened; the cap (cap, hat) is famously pushed to the back of the head; hair is longer than the statutory norm; the belt plate is bent, and

The 80th anniversary of the Airborne Forces has been ignored by the President and Minister of Defense. They did not want to meet with the paratroopers and did not even send the usual on-duty greetings in such cases to the participants of the anniversary concert in the Kremlin Palace, where on July 31 of this year. attended by about 5,000

Most people in the West consider NATO to be one of the strongest and most successful military-political associations at the present time. The North Atlantic Alliance has lived longer than almost all others, it includes the most states and, finally, it was able to achieve its main goal, and without making

A week ago, the traditional autumn conscription campaign began in Russia. And although its beginning was marked by a small incident - the call was officially announced even before the text of the corresponding decree of Dmitry Medvedev was published on the website of the President of Russia and in Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Recently, the number of deaths of conscripts in the internal military units of the Russian Federation has become more frequent. Recently, stories have died down, which received massive publicity in the domestic media, related to the death and humiliation of conscripts of tank and infantry units. What is the cause of the hatred and

Today in Russia the next, autumn, military conscription begins. The Ministry of Defense has no doubts that the conscription plan will be carried out, despite health problems and a demographic pit, about 280 thousand citizens of draft age will be conscripted

Structural transformations of the RF Armed Forces, providing for the creation of four United Strategic Commands and a single system of material and technical support, are aimed primarily at improving the management structure of the Armed Forces. The number of control units in the RF Armed Forces

It is immoral to economize on the health of the defenders of the homeland. Contradictions between the army and society associated with the radical steps of the military reform are aggravated again. According to sources from the military department, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has decided all organizational staff reductions in military medical

The servicemen are in particular need of spiritual support, and the military priests of the Russian Orthodox Church should appear in the army and navy in the near future, said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at a meeting with the personnel of the 16th squadron of submarines of the Pacific Fleet on the pier of the closed port city of Vilyuchinsk

Today, the army and the navy still have the opportunity to study military science at training ranges, shooting ranges, in the sky, in the seas and oceans. The title of this note, as army veterans know, was the slogan that adorned the parade ground of the military unit in all garrisons "indestructible and legendary." And also on her

There are such trips that if I knew where a difficult one would take, I would never go. But we could not refuse to accept the invitation to ride to one of the sections of the railway construction bypassing Ukraine. And off we go … Kolesnikovka village, Kantemirovsky district, Voronezh region. Heap place

The power structures of the world's leading democracies are involved in dirty deals in the arms market In the spring of 2008, a number of publications appeared in the authoritative American newspaper The New York Times, which led to a very unsightly corruption scandal related to the supply of arms and ammunition to Afghanistan

A great groan stands on the Russian land. The damned reformers from the Ministry of Defense did not confine themselves to the defeat of our glorious army, they now encroached on the sacred - on the system of military education. A terrible thing happened: it was announced that neither this year nor the next year military universities will not accept cadets

I must say right away that I am outraged by the use of the phrase "PROFESSIONAL army", in the sense that is now being put into this expression - that is, an army formed and recruited on a voluntary basis, on "hire" or contract service. To the person who first came up with

In short, I’ll write a few words. I have just returned from a business trip to one of the radio centers of the Russian Navy. What can I say about your overall impression of what you saw? That the company of Gavrikov, headed by Marshal of Stools Tolya Serdyukov, which includes

The termination of the recruitment of cadets to the higher educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense, of course, shocked many prominent representatives of both the military and civil society of our country. However, here it is just right again to talk about the amazing passivity of the relevant structures in the leadership

I'll start with a story. 10th Guards Tank Ural-Lvov Order of the October Revolution, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Volunteer Division named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky. Ural (Ural-Lvov) Guards Volunteer Tank Corps was

This week, a large-scale strategic command-and-staff exercise Kavkaz-2016 started at the ranges of the Southern Military District, including the waters of the Black and Caspian Seas. Dozens of ships, hundreds of aviation units, armored vehicles, artillery and anti-aircraft systems, more than 12.5 thousand military personnel in all

The holiday calendar of the Russian Federation tells all of us that the Day of Knowledge (September 1) is replaced by the Day of the Russian Guard. How is it, - an uninitiated reader might think - Rosgvardia, on the basis of a presidential decree, only this year appeared as an independent combat-ready

Today (August 31), a surprise check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is being completed. In total, more than 100,000 servicemen of various types and branches of the armed forces took part in the maneuvers in various military districts. Units and formations of the Ground Forces were involved in a surprise check

On April 15, 1904, two days after the tragic death of Admiral Makarov, the Japanese fleet began shelling Port Arthur. However, this attack, later dubbed "third flip-fire", was unsuccessful. The reason for the failure is revealed in the official report of the interim

The military exercises, which have taken place since March 28 in southern Russia, have caused a wide response. Perhaps, in recent years, there has not yet been such a contradictory assessment of the maneuvers carried out by the Russian troops on the part of our foreign, as they say, partners. Considering how the Russian military

Having visited several events within the framework of the Army Games as a correspondent, I would like to ask the Ministry of Defense a few questions. To be absolutely precise, the questions are addressed to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, but since it is still part of the ministry, the questions are asked to the highest instance

According to some independent specialists and experts, the Russian army loses about two thousand people a year in non-combat losses, over 5 years an amount is accumulated that is comparable in state with a full-fledged division. Official figures are much less so in 2006 non-combat losses - 554 people, 2007