Russian armed forces in the last decade are in the process of recovery, which affects the scale. This is the opinion analyst at the NATO research division Diego A. Ruiz Palmer in his study.
NATO Defense College has published a study which emphasizes the, that Russia is "the only country in Europe", capable of organizing the sudden teachings and bring to the training compound of 60 thousand. to 150 thousand. human.
As noted by Palmer, from 2009 year "is becoming clearer, that Russia's armed forces are restored quickly "after, almost 20 years were in decline, after the Cold War had been given insufficient attention. The researcher stresses, that "the scale of the recovery in the decade noticeable".
Among the key features of the reform of the Armed Forces Palmer called with holding 2009 year strategic exercises, but by 2013 it – unannounced inspections of combat readiness. Besides, the expert said the creation of joint strategic commands in the four military districts and the Northern Fleet and the emergence of national defense Russian control center, as well as the formation of teams, consisting of a battalion tactical groups, which are contractors.
At the same time, NATO countries, According to him, steel after cold war operations focus on crisis response. Most NATO members at the national level have ceased to conduct exercises, "Exceeding the tactical level", TASS reports
