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    THE MILITARY WILL ARRANGE INTERNATIONAL TANK CONTEST

    DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
    July 24, 2013 Wednesday

    by: Ignat Kalinin
    Source: Moskovsky Komsomolets, July 20, 2013, p. 2

    PUBLIC COUNCIL OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY CHANGED THE STYLE OF WORK;
    In the new composition the public council of the Defense Ministry
    changed the style of its work noticeably. In accordance with wishes
    of the Defense Ministry expressed at the first meeting the public
    council works not along formal lines but tries to focus on certain
    methods of increasing of prestige of military service and increasing
    of professional motivation. Simultaneously, members of the council
    do not lose an opportunity to see how exercises and sudden checks go
    on through their own eyes.

    In the new composition the public council of the Defense Ministry
    changed the style of its work noticeably. In accordance with wishes
    of the Defense Ministry expressed at the first meeting the public
    council works not along formal lines but tries to focus on certain
    methods of increasing of prestige of military service and increasing
    of professional motivation. Simultaneously, members of the council
    do not lose an opportunity to see how exercises and sudden checks go
    on through their own eyes.

    At the beginning of a new meeting of the council its chair Pavel
    Gusev reported to the audience that Sergei Shoigu did approve the
    plan of work of the public council after three revisions. This means
    that the minister is definitely not indifferent to this body and
    he really checks its proposals and plans. In turn, Deputy Defense
    Minister Nikolai Pankov reminded the members of the council that in
    the near future they would have to arrange a "vertical." Four public
    councils will be created in four military districts and a reception
    office of the public council will be created in the cultural center.

    Report of the military about the "tank biathlon" competition being
    prepared became a kind of the main issue of the agenda. The competition
    will take place at training range in Alabino in Moscow Region between
    August 12 and 17. One best crew of T-72B tank from each of the military
    district and armed forces of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia each will
    compete in driving, firing, surmounting of obstacles, in other words,
    in tank mastership. Besides the cup the best crew will also receive
    Niva cars from Uralvagonzavod.

    Musician Sergei Mazaev proposed creation of closed clubs with working
    name of Blindazh in the military units. The rocket proposes that
    soldiers who have perfect results of military training will have
    exclusive access there, will be able to spend a couple of hours per day
    in the Internet and will have video communication with their families.

    Participants of the meeting also discussed the contest "Warrior of
    the Commonwealth" to be conducted in autumn and big-scale exercises
    West-2013. The first details of West-2013 exercises were announced. Up
    to 13,000 servicemen including 2,500 Russian ones will participate
    in them. The exercises will take place mostly on the territory of
    Belarus but also in Kaliningrad Region, in the Barents and Baltic seas,
    as well as at two training ranges not far from the Russian-Estonian
    border. Along with this, it is emphasized that the troops will work out
    defensive actions. The scenario will represent a situation of growing
    counteraction on the part of political opposition and illegal armed
    forces. Member of the council Ruslan Pukhov pointed at apprehensions
    about the exercises on the part of the "Western colleagues," for
    example, Poland and a need to do the relevant explanatory work both
    through the expert community and through the foreign policy division
    of the Defense Ministry.

    The report that Shoigu was going to give field uniforms to all members
    of the council caused their biggest agitation. They have to work in
    field conditions often. It is obvious that these uniforms will be
    similar to those worn by civil deputy ministers Ruslan Tsalikov and
    Yury Borisov.

    [Translated from Russian]



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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