title: Russian army justifies its reforms. OSW Commentary No. 109, 2013-06-25
abstract: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been more active than usual since mid- -February this year, holding a number of previously unannounced military exercises aimed at testing combat readiness. They have also maintained, for many months, a Russian warship task force in the Mediterranean in connection with the civil war in Syria. Those activities stand out of the usual training routine of the Russian army. They have no precedent in Russia’s recent history in terms of the size of the fo
journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)