Word: serdyukov
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...There are also questions surrounding the Arctic Sea's rescue. On orders from the Kremlin, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov sent a completely disproportionate force, including destroyers and submarines, to look for the vessel. It took five days for them to find it, the Defense Ministry said, even though the Foreign Ministry later announced that it was fully aware of the Arctic Sea's coordinates the entire time. To fly the alleged pirates and the crew back to Moscow - a group of only 19 men - Russia dispatched two enormous military-cargo planes. And then on their arrival, the ship's crew...
Restructuring the military has been a sensitive issue for Russia's officer corps since October, when Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced that the country's top-heavy army will be reduced, specifically cutting 200,000 of its 350,000 officers. "The structure of Russia's armed forces is totally abnormal," says Alexander Golts, an independent military analyst. "We have one officer for every two privates." The overall numbers of the armed forces will drop from 1.13 million to 1 million. The remaining soldiers, the reasoning goes, will have access to better and more up-to-date equipment. Supply and command...
...these plans," says Golts. "The biggest surprise in Medvedev's speech was the fact that, yes, even in the economic crisis these reforms are going to take place and within a fairly short time span." The cuts are necessary to free up funds to modernize equipment. On Tuesday, Serdyukov said that only 10% of military equipment is up-to-date. Medvedev said it would be better to buy new hardware rather than fix and update aging equipment; he plans to spend $43 billion on weapons purchases, despite the economy...
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