Anatoly Serdyukov, the first time after his resignation from the post of Defense Minister gave an interview to the media. And so the media was the newspaper "Kommersant" (Spark app). Interviewed former Minister Leonid Mlechin.
In an interview Serdyukov said, that his defense minister at the time, Vladimir Putin asked to take. According to Serdyukov, for him such a proposal was made unexpectedly.
One of the most notorious former government officials said that, that if the financial and economic issues were to him when he took office understandable, then it turned everything is much more difficult to matters military. Serdyukov, As I told Leonid MLECHIN, He asked the General Staff Academy with a request to organize military courses. these courses, as noted interviewee, it was held for 8 months from 18 to 22-23:00 daily.
Serdyukov said, he studied the characteristics of military equipment, because at any moment I could make a call to the supreme commander in chief and ask about the "parameters, eg, ZRK «Buck».
Serdyukov:
The same can not be said, Give me time, I look at the guide. And I decided to, I need to visit all districts, all fleet, visit all the staffs of the armies, buildings, divisions, to understand, what problems need to be addressed immediately.
According to the ex-minister, a few months, he traveled around the country.
In an interview Serdyukov particularly emphasizes the fact, neither he, nor anyone from the top of the main defense department did not do anything, that would not be approved by the Supreme Commander.
In other words, Serdyukov is trying to declare, that if someone directed criticism to implement reforms in his address, it must address the same criticism and the High Commander. For reference: the position of Defense Minister Mr. Serdyukov held from February 2007 to November 2012 of the year. Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to 2008 by 2012 years was Dmitri Medvedev.
In an interview Serdyukov also said that, that the acceleration of the reform affected the war with Georgia. And also added, criticism for the purchase of foreign military equipment in his address untenable, as “military equipment purchased abroad, even the USSR”.
