Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2008 |
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Russia plans to trim its armed forces by more than 10 percent by 2012 with radical cuts among the officer ranks, the defense minister said Wednesday.
The Kremlin plans to streamline and modernize the military which has suffered from inefficiency and low morale despite steady increases in defense budgets in recent years.
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 |
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“We propose to have an army of 1 million within four or five years, that is by 2013,” Russian media quoted Serdyukov as telling reporters after meeting President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian officials had earlier put the number of Russian army servicemen at 1.13 million at the end of 2007. Serdyukov said the Defence Ministry had earlier [...]
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