Russian Military Commercial
INSIDE RUSSIA - MILITARY REFORMS -- BBC News
Drive into the sprawling base of the Russian Army's 76th Airborne Division in the north-western town of Pskov, and you are greeted by a large mural with the unit's motto "Honour, Glory, Professionalism".
The first two words reflect age-old concepts in the armed forces; the third, a very new one.
That is why I have come, because the elite 76th Airborne (which first fought in Germany, and later in Armenia, Chechnya and most recently last year in Georgia) is the template for radical plans to streamline the world's fourth largest army and turn it into a leaner, meaner fighting force.
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My Comment: My relatives back home in Russia tell me the same thing (at least those who serve or who have served), the Russian military has a long long long way to go before it becomes a professional army. But Russian President Medvedev/PM Putin and the civilian military leadership are pushing the old bear in the right direction.