8 May 2019 it became known about sending retired Navy Commander Admiral VI. Korolev and appointment to his post of commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral NA. Evmenova.
Admiral Nikolai A. Evmenov. Commander of the Russian Navy
Need to say, that the rumors about the castling went a long time ago, and to, frankly, dissatisfaction with the old commander in chief, Korolev, always focused far beyond the limits of the fleet, Ministry of Defense and all official bodies. A common assessment of Korolev - worthless commander, I did nothing, etc.
must, but, sort out, what happened.
I lost control of
Are there many failures for Korolev? many. And he, straight, let us say, earned retirement. That's only impute it not quite, What he is really guilty.
A textbook example of such charges is, what He wrote the newspaper "Vzglyad".
As the chairman of the All-Russian Fleet Support motion, Captain First Rank Mikhail Nenashev stock, appointment submariner Evmenova perceived in the maritime community with hope, that he will restore the status of the Navy, among other branches of the armed forces, can a principled position to solve the problem of the fleet - including those, who failed to solve Korolev. Legacy also got problematic Evmenova, Nenashev noted.
"When Vladimir Korolev fleet dramatically lost of status among the branches of the armed forces, - outraged Nenashev. – With a fleet management point of view, Army bosses and land became more, than naval. It inconsiderately interfered with the fleet management, which was not 300 plus years ".
Experts agree ..., what Navy in recent years was under the control of the Army generals, are not always versed in maritime matters. But this inevitably resulted in a new management structure of the armed forces, which introduced the predecessor Anatoly Serdyukov Shoigu.
"Of course, in-chief powers are now more limited, compared to how it was before, - he complained in an interview with LOOK former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoedov. - All fleet commander subordinate commanders of military districts, and not-in-Chief. it, in my opinion, reduces the overall readiness of the fleet ".
And "Vzglyad", and the captain of the first rank in retirement Nenashev missed a great opportunity to shut up: all of the above occurred long before Korolev. Furthermore, peak of these processes performed. Well, or bottom - as you.
really that, what happened to the Navy about the last eight years, It called the word "pogrom". The defeat of the Main Staff of the Navy, the elimination of the central command post of the Navy, deprivation and High Command, and the remnants of the Navy General Staff or a meaningful role in the command and control, "Theft" under the General Staff (but actually under the ground forces, because the backbone of the staff of the General Staff - out) those functions, which it is a priori can not dispose of at an appropriate level, and the actual transformation of the Navy in the "sea of the ground troops" - it has long since accomplished facts. Before Korolev. CINC, which fell under the steamroller of these processes, was Admiral VS. Vysotsky, former commander in chief to 2012 year and with the flying position for trying to stop this mayhem.
Then, as previously described in the article "destroyed management. Unified command fleet is long gone», fleets were subordinated to military districts directly, Moreover, including the administrative and economic "parts".
The blame for the massacre lies with the Minister of Defense A. E. Serdyukov, which, though I made a lot of good in office, but Navy struck mainly damage, and considerable. The reason for this, apparently, It was, one side, AE misunderstanding. Serdyukov specificity and the role of naval forces in the general interests of the country and ensuring the safety of (though Russia, though any other, it does not matter), and on the other, influence on him with their Army generals formed team "on the ground" thinking.
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Little of, at different times and the Main Command found himself estranged from the purely maritime affairs. Why, eg, BDK so long been the foundation "of Syria Express"? of nonsense? No, because, that the Navy solved the problem on their own, which, in theory, had to deal with ATT - The Department of Transport ensure that the Ministry of Defense. But ATT "failed", and the first years of the war it got out in the landing ships "wear". Why military shipments were "not under the Fleet" on the sea? Well, That's how we have everything organized.
Or take Googie - General Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry deep-sea research. It's also not "fleet". This separate structure. And this structure, "Aware of itself", the beginning of the struggle for resources - more special submarines, More deep-water stations, more money in the long run ... and now are emerging "alternative naval strategic nuclear forces" with "Poseidon" instead of missiles, PR, its budget, salaries, benefits and statuses, military ranks, and the fleet withdrawn unfinished PLARK upgrade projects. And the Navy as a form of the sun here is not to blame, it was not his "fiefdom".
This cesspool for a while (now, thank God, ending) It became DOGOZ Defense - Department of ensuring the state defense order. At some point, self-confident "officers" ("Land sailors"), Their task was to support military shipbuilding, He drew himself so much power, they could just start OCD any scale at all without the consent of the fleet. Wanted and opened, Money popylyly, that's good. We are opening a new R & D. Shop closed today, and DOGOZe induced relative order, at least, in terms of surface shipbuilding (though it is not seen from the side), but the damage, wrought by these figures, will be reimbursed a very long time - and not at their expense.
But when the High Command returned power to at least some influence, including own nonsense Navy, emerging several years antiotbora (when principled officer, not wanting to be silent, it was easier to take off from work, than to stay in it, and corresponding to this drop in staffing levels). An example of this is to agree to bypass all the rules and procedures of the project 20386, and patrol ship project 22160.
AND, yet again, the task of "patrolling the ocean" fleet "arrived" outside. As above requirements quickly crap "kalibronostsev", the ability to shoot "Caliber", and then could not care less - and in the end we got a series of 21361, The product is not sea, genshtabovskie and strategic thinking. And this is, suhoputchiki understand how a naval theme. And they continue to influence the naval construction, and something like this in this way.
navy, however, likely, and not "confuse" to cruise missiles, if we decide what to do: in the "collapsed" with the goal-setting systems are usually not very, and the fleet as a single system we have on the boundless stupidity is destroyed.
AND, of course, above it all got a monster military-industrial complex. People with money and power, not really the morochaschiesya, how their products will behave in a real fight, but very avid to state money. In the words of the author of the project 20386, Deputy General Designer CMDB "Almaz" IG. Zakharov (another land sailor with the rank of Rear Admiral), ships will never have to fight, they will need only to show the flag (to combat IRC "Mirage" with the Georgian boats at that time was only a few months). So he quit his job would then, but no, instead it spawned 20386. And approve it at the expense of dating and relationships, with flagrant disregard for the scale of the current procedure for approving projects of new ships for the Navy.
Industry representatives could not miss such a historic moment, allowing "bend" for themselves and make their counterparty Navy, figuratively speaking, "Is what gives". The submarine fleet that was so, too (cm., eg, article M. Klimov "APKR "Severodvinsk" commissioned to the Navy-critical combat capability subquality»). Partly because it is now.
AND, of course, all these, without exaggeration, degenerative phenomena could not but lead to "the top" new cohort of "officers" -prisposoblentsev, mainly in various departments, supervising shipbuilding, different types of naval weapons, etc., for whom their military service was no more than a business project. And with them, too, I had to deal, because "bloat cases", and then substitute your boss, who would answer for everything, - this is the main activity in these modern-looking ambitious people with an open smile.
And all this came to the commander in chief, Admiral Korolev. At the age of 61 of the year.
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admiral (retired) Vladimir Korolev, former Commander of the Russian Navy
Need to say, that the first commander in chief took a principled position in its relations with DIC. So, He is credited with, that "Prom" dodavit frigates project 22350. eyewitnesses, that attempts to "bend" Korolev and make him unfit for action and acceptance unfinished ship industry is taking on a regular basis, and regularly received the same rebuff.
But it was not enough. It was necessary to break the system as a whole, to put it upside down, Command of return status, which it had previously, require to designate military and political goals of the state authority, that the Navy should have in the future to achieve by force or threat of its use, from this to adjust shipbuilding programs, achieve to restore the role of the Navy General Staff in full, leaving GSH fleet management directive as a whole in the sun View, remove the "infantry" of the leadership of naval matters. And all this at the same time with the knowledge of hard struggle with the industry.
He just did not cope with it all. War with DIC, and everything - "the batteries are weak". This is the main claim to it.
Subconsciously society expects from each of the new Commander of other results, even when clearly can not articulate these expectations. Korolev failed.
He remained in the end, "the wedding general", estranged from the actual control "his" Sun view, whose visible role was limited to conducting major naval parade on the Neva (otherwise what would it all worked?), and the main merit was "not killed" a series of frigates 22350 - need to say, this is a very significant achievement. And even if he did not own it, performers were other people, but it was under his leadership, and just could not pass without him.
Of course, this does not negate personal failures Korolev, eg, "Karakurt" series, it is unclear why intended and eventually "jammed" in the stocks and outfitting walls without engines. There were other "episodes". So, not taken anything to improve our mine and anti-submarine forces, still able to stay in a strange work on a new anti-submarine aircraft - more, there are some disappointing news on this subject.
Almost dying small antisubmarine ships.
At some point,, as it appears, Commander faltered under the pressure of the industry. Anyway, none of the wild and crazy solutions, the implementation of which began under his predecessor,, Admiral Chirkov, Korolev and tried not to cancel, not even hint about it. whether it is related to the care of USC with this? Or he will be there to perform the role of "eye of the sovereign"? We will not speculate on this topic, true, likely, pop up, and very soon.
The latter is associated with the commander in chief of the scandal was the renaming of the already built "Black Widow" of names, data in the memory of the "division of bad weather" in the name in honor of the small towns, And in a mocking in a sense, a. So, "Hurricane" has turned into "Mytishchi", "Typhoon" in the "Soviet" ...
It was something totally pointless and runs counter to all the traditions of "game", and it also was charged Korolev. But, let's be honest, it was decided not to Commander, it was the initiative is rapidly gaining force political department of the Russian Defense Ministry, headed by the deputy Minister of Defense, Colonel-General Kartapolovym. The role of the political officer in the armed forces is growing as steroids, and "Mytishchi" - they are there, instead of the Navy.
Colonel-General Andrey Kartapolov, Chief of the military and political control of the Russian Armed Forces
This writ renaming, that the Navy was not able to oppose anything - an indicator, What role assign fleet in the Ministry of Defense.
It will also be interesting to know, political officer did not work if someone's order to discredit the old Admiral. Very interesting.
Anyway, now with this all have to deal with the new commander in chief.
Whether changes are coming?
Admiral Evmenova have an advantage over Admiral Korolev - more extreme. As it appears, This component is required for, to "solve problems" on the post of Chief of the Russian Navy. Compulsory, of course, It does not mean enough. Admiral Evmenova will be very simple choice between two options - to bend or fight. In this case, the first lead him to the same, which led Chirkov, and about the same period,, and the second ... the second one can very quickly lead to the cottage from the garden or wherever they get there, who deflections and lizoblyudstvo not earn a warm place in the industry after the end of service. A can lead to fame and a prominent place in the pantheon of Russian naval heroes. But, started fighting, stay can not be longer, I have to go to the end - "down to earth" completely with industry, finally resolve the issues of subordination fleets, restore the Navy as a single military branch, restore the Main Staff of the Navy ...
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In this way there will be many obstacles and traps, that all of them and does not describe, let alone what will pour buckets of slops on Admiral, dared to do it all, it is impossible not only to describe, but also to present, but once it's all still need to do, we have a lot of deadly and dangerous enemies at sea and no real danger on land, and they will not waste time ever.
Is Admiral Evmenov become the, who at least will start this fight? Someone, perhaps, sure, it is a priori useless. But it is worth to say after, someone tries. Especially since Evmenova there is one very special trump card, which no one of his potential "opponents" (if it is, of course, will they "oppose", we did not know this until).
washer!
This hockey, surprisingly. Evmenov keen on hockey, he even managed to impose some form of the Northern Fleet hockey madness. They were initiated by creation of the "North Military Hockey League", combines the hockey clubs mi military command of the Northern Fleet. And he plays for a hockey team "K-21"captain.
Who's in Moscow plays hockey? clear, Yes?
We have a resource Evmenova, which no one of the captains of industry, is not present at the General Staff, Army generals have no. He just enough to thrust the night hockey league, and he gets access to the President. Direct access to the informal, disposing to informal communication environment.
If you select "fight" it will be the Shah to some of "opponents". And a good claim to the mat. true, when you select "bend over backwards" now other people will "on all cylinders" to use this resource. And it will be very disappointing.
We do not know, how will a new commander. But while his choice clearly voiced, we, at least, there is hope. And he has a chance, and, as it appears, good.
Alexander Timohin
