The Military
Army remains poorly trained, malnourished and demoralized. Alcoholism, suicide and corruption are rife. Weaponry is aging and newer models arrive at a trickle: India has bought more Russian tanks since 2001 than the Russian Army.
The Economy
What happens when–not if–oil and gas prices begin to retreat?
Human Capital
Russia’s human capital is being ravaged. The population is [...]

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Two of the most senior Russian generals were relieved of their duties Monday.
An analyst said that the move was part of a purge of commanders who oppose a plan to overhaul the vast, nuclear-armed military.
Defense Minister Anatoli Serdyukov has been ordered to give Russia a modern military that would match its ambitions to be a [...]

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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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It is an open secret that the Russian defense industry is having a hard time now. However, some top-level military servicemen still assure that the nation’s Armed Forces can repel any attack. Colonel General Nikolai Frolov, of Russia’s Air Defense troops, brought back to earth those who believed in the invincibility of the Russian army. [...]

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More and more Russian military men switch to Western military. We’re not just talking about French foreign legion, but also about Estonian army. It turns out that Tallinn touts Russian draftees by giving them freely Estonian citizenship.
More and more Russians try to get no in Russian, but into foreign army. Its’ not a secret that [...]

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