New reforms of Anatoly Serdyukov
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov continues reforming the Defense Ministry. Last week, President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree appointing the eighth deputy of Serdyukov. This...
MILITARY ISSUES IN TRANSPORTING CASPIAN OIL (CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS ISSUE)
The security of future pipelines in Eurasia will be defined by the distance separating them from potentially unstable areas
The meeting of the Big Eight...
Instability in North Caucasus is stimulated from abroad
The situation in republics of the North Caucasus moved to the forefront against the background of the events in South Ossetia. The latest reports...
Why are reservists necessary during exercises?
The Russian army is preparing to fight in a new way. It is possible to see this in the plan of the exercises conducted...
Army veterans establish their own organization
Question: There are many all-Russian veteran organizations in the country. Why is it necessary to establish another one, an all-Russian public organization of veterans...
POLITICAL CRISIS IS AGGRAVATING DISCONTENT IN THE ARMY
Kremlin and Defense Ministry are making frantic efforts to support combat ready units in the regions.
According to sources in the RF Defense Ministry, top...
GENERAL STAFF SUMMARIZES DRAFT CAMPAIGN RESULTS
Despite that the government did not allot any money for this purpose, more than 180,000 conscripts were drafted on account of internal reserves of...
DEFENSE COUNCIL DEFINES THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY SPACE POLICY
The concept of military reform is not yet approved
On January 20 the meeting of the Defense Council was organized presided over by President Yeltsin,...
Space forces demonstrate combat capability
The Space Forces summed up results of the winter training period. They were outlined in the recent report of Space Forces Commander, Colonel General...
ON THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES FINANCING
According to federal law "On the federal budget for 1998" this year the volume of expenses for the national defense should amount to some...
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Monitoring of the media
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