title: Development of Legal Basis for the Use of Private Military Companies Within the Framework of Foreign Policy Objectives of the Russian Federation: a Correlation Analysis
abstract: This article presents an analytical examination of the views held by the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation regarding the use of private military companies (PMCs) as instruments for advancing the country’s foreign policy objectives. The analysis establishes that the majority of Russian national security scholars and experts regard the Federation’s military command-and-control system as insufficiently adapted to the demands of modern network-centric warfare and therefore 
journal: Political Science and Security Studies Journal