Russian Armed Forces in the Baltic Sea Region
In the past five years, Russian units have grown in quality as well as quantity.
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Russian Military Development
Russian Military 2013 – Short-term Prognosis
The last forecast was written against the background of general instability in Russia that caused a degree of uncertainty regarding the developments in the Russian military. However, several trends and events that were deemed probable did materialise.
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Russia Does Not Just Keep an Eye on Estonia – It Keeps Three
The ever strengthening Russian intelligence services have clearly stepped up their efforts on the Estonian front during the last 20 years.
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Period of changes in the Russian military
Kaarel Kaas: Since the mid-1990s there have been numerous attempts to reform and modernize the Russian military. All these efforts remained on paper, faded, or resulted in minor reorganisations like merging or splitting different units, or in attempts to increase the number of professional servicemen. However, no substantial changes were ever made and the Russian military remained a smaller copy of the Soviet armed forces until the fall of 2008.
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The Russian Bear on the Warpath Against Georgia
The Russian-Georgian conflict, which had been going on for years, escalated into a full-scale war in August 2008. The Five-Day War was, and still is, remarkable and significant in many different ways.
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