Medvedev Is Reinventing the Red Army | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in November 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Academy Of Sciences, Dismal Performance, Exposed, Invasion Of Afghanistan, Medvedev, Military Analyst, Newsweek, Newsweek International, Pavel Felgenhauer, Red Army, Reform Campaign, Time Russia

Medvedev embarked on his reform campaign last year, shortly after Russia’s dismal performance in the August war against Georgia, according to Pavel Zolotarev of Russia’s Academy of Sciences. It was the first time Russia’s Army had been tested against a foreign enemy since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the results weren’t pretty. The [...]

Georgia Prepares to Repel Russian Aggression

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Russia, War, Army, Arrival Of Spring, February 12, Georgia, Georgian Times, Hostilities, Military Analyst, Pavel Felgenhauer, Provocation, Russia, Russian Aggression, Speculation

Speculation over a possible military provocation by Russia against Georgia intensified after the statement by Pavel Felgenhauer, a well-known Russian military analyst, that Russia will try to renew hostilities with Georgia with the arrival of spring:
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At present the Georgian army is much less battle-ready than it was before August. As a result, “the security and [...]

Russia-Georgia: Signs Could Point To New War

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Russia, War, Armed Conflict, Cease Fire, Clashes, Fire Line, Fire Regime, Geneva, Georgia, Georgian Service, Likelihood, Military Analyst, New War, Pavel Felgenhauer, Rfe Rl, Russia, Signs

Speaking with RFE/RL’s Georgian Service ahead of the Geneva talks, Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said the situation along the cease-fire line in Georgia remained extremely volatile and warned another war was “very likely.”
“[As long as] the cease-fire regime stays as it is, provocations, or what both sides understand as provocations — clashes, exchanges of [...]

Russia conducts ballistic missile tests

Posted by Matt in October 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Nuclear, Russia, 1980s, Ballistic Missile, Exercises, Independent, Military Analyst, Military Branches, Military Conflict, Military Manoeuvres, Missile Tests, Pavel Felgenhauer, Russia, United States, War Games

Independent military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said the exercises reflected Russia’s determination to prepare for major military conflict.
“This was a dry run for a war with the United States,” Felgenhauer said of the missile launches, part of major military manoeuvres billed “Stability 2008″ involving all military branches.
“These are the biggest strategic war games in more than [...]

Russia challenges west with nuclear overhaul

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, U.S., War, West, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Defence Analyst, guardian, moscow, NATO, Nuclear Overhaul, Nuclear War, Pavel Felgenhauer, Russia, Russian Leadership, Russian Military

“This is very significant. Right now the present Russian leadership believes that a war with Nato is very much possible,” Pavel Felgenhauer, a Moscow-based defence analyst, told the Guardian. “This is the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that the Russian military is actually preparing for an all-out nuclear war with America.”
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Russia’s Cold War anger over U.S. shield: misjudged?

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Missiles, Russia, U.S., 1980s, Anger, Angry Response, Cold-War, Cruise-Missiles, Dmitry Medvedev, Europeans, Foreign Ministry, Lexicon, Military Analyst, Missile Defence Shield, Missile System, Missile-Defense, moscow, Pavel Felgenhauer, Prague, Psychological Pressure, Rhetoric, Russian President, Soviet Union, Technical Response

Russia’s angry response to an accord between Washington and Prague on building part of a U.S. missile defence shield in the Czech Republic is reminiscent of the rhetoric of the Cold War. Although Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow still wants talks on the missile shield, his Foreign Ministry has threatened a “military-technical” response if [...]