Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet union
Russia deserts its guns
The Russians are currently spending enormous sums on re-equipping and modernising their armed forces, often through the purchase of foreign technology, as they have deliberately allowed their own military industrial complex to decay
by Vicken Cheterian
Russia’s victory in its lightning war against Georgia in August 2008 did not prevent it from starting to completely overhaul its military soon after. It was a wise decision, according to the military expert Alexander Golts: “It is unusual for a government to carry out reforms after winning a war. (...)
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