Russian Defense Legislation and Russian Democracy,

Abstract

Since the Russian Federation is the product of the coups of August 1991 and September-October 1993, control over the military is crucial for its survival. Many analysts have looked at issues of civilian control over the military in Russia primarily from the military's side. For them the main question then becomes the loyalty of the armed forces to the government. This monograph takes a different tack and examines the question from the vantage point of state policy towards the military. Although that policy is evolving over time, recent draft laws on defense and peacemaking indicate the Yeltsin Administration's intention to formalize a particular type of relationship with the various types of armed forces in Russia: army, navy, air forces, Ministry of Interior (MVD) forces (whose function is internal policing and pacification of territories inside the Russian Federation), Border Troops (whose function is to guard the old Soviet borders against military operations, e.g., from Afghanistan into Tadzhikistan), etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1995
Accession Number
ADA299468

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Blank

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cis
  • Civil Defense
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Federal Law
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Students
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies