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DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
July 21, 2014 Monday
TANK BIATHLON WILL DO WITHOUT NATO
by: Oleg Bozhov
HIGHLIGHT: TWELVE COUNTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN MILITARY CONTEST IN
ALABINO IN MOSCOW REGION; Representatives of not less than 12
countries will participate in international tank biathlon contest in
Alabino in Moscow Region this year. The contest will take place from
August 4 until August 16. Representatives of NATO countries that have
formerly submitted applications for participation will not be there.
Representatives of not less than 12 countries will participate in
international tank biathlon contest in Alabino in Moscow Region this
year. The contest will take place from August 4 until August 16.
Representatives of NATO countries that have formerly submitted
applications for participation will not be there. Servicemen from
Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be traditional participants.
Crews from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Angola, Venezuela, India,
Mongolia, Serbia and China will compete for the first time. Along with
this, China plans to participate in the contest at its own tanks.
Twenty-two countries more are going to send their observers to the
biathlon.
Earlier, Sergei Shoigu expressed a hope that tank biathlon contest
would become traditional and would serve as a powerful factor of
strengthening of friendly relations and confidence among countries. At
the ceremony of closing of the tank biathlon contest of 2013 the
Defense Minister said, "We hope that there will be more teams next
year. At least, partners from the US and Italy responded to our
invitation actively. We are waiting for response from Germany." In
2013, a Russian crew from the Western Military District took the first
place in the final round, the second place was taken by tank crew from
Kazakhstan, the third by the crew of Belarus and the fourth by the
crew from Armenia.
At that moment, the Defense Ministry planned that crews from the UK,
Italy, US, France, Germany and Sweden would possibly participate in
the final round of the international stage of the contest of 2014
besides representatives of the CIS. However, political situation
changed: after events in Ukraine some of these countries announced
stopping of military cooperation with Russia. Western NATO member
states including those that had submitted applications for
participation gave up participation in the contest.
But the remaining 12 participants of the tank contest are convinced
that struggle will be heated even without them.
Source: Moskovsky Komsomolets, July 18, 2014, p. 6
From: Baghdasarian
July 21, 2014 Monday
TANK BIATHLON WILL DO WITHOUT NATO
by: Oleg Bozhov
HIGHLIGHT: TWELVE COUNTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN MILITARY CONTEST IN
ALABINO IN MOSCOW REGION; Representatives of not less than 12
countries will participate in international tank biathlon contest in
Alabino in Moscow Region this year. The contest will take place from
August 4 until August 16. Representatives of NATO countries that have
formerly submitted applications for participation will not be there.
Representatives of not less than 12 countries will participate in
international tank biathlon contest in Alabino in Moscow Region this
year. The contest will take place from August 4 until August 16.
Representatives of NATO countries that have formerly submitted
applications for participation will not be there. Servicemen from
Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be traditional participants.
Crews from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Angola, Venezuela, India,
Mongolia, Serbia and China will compete for the first time. Along with
this, China plans to participate in the contest at its own tanks.
Twenty-two countries more are going to send their observers to the
biathlon.
Earlier, Sergei Shoigu expressed a hope that tank biathlon contest
would become traditional and would serve as a powerful factor of
strengthening of friendly relations and confidence among countries. At
the ceremony of closing of the tank biathlon contest of 2013 the
Defense Minister said, "We hope that there will be more teams next
year. At least, partners from the US and Italy responded to our
invitation actively. We are waiting for response from Germany." In
2013, a Russian crew from the Western Military District took the first
place in the final round, the second place was taken by tank crew from
Kazakhstan, the third by the crew of Belarus and the fourth by the
crew from Armenia.
At that moment, the Defense Ministry planned that crews from the UK,
Italy, US, France, Germany and Sweden would possibly participate in
the final round of the international stage of the contest of 2014
besides representatives of the CIS. However, political situation
changed: after events in Ukraine some of these countries announced
stopping of military cooperation with Russia. Western NATO member
states including those that had submitted applications for
participation gave up participation in the contest.
But the remaining 12 participants of the tank contest are convinced
that struggle will be heated even without them.
Source: Moskovsky Komsomolets, July 18, 2014, p. 6
From: Baghdasarian