“You know, it is not the European military that limits all contacts with Russia. There is a policy ". So Boris Simakin, Head of one of the central departments of Rosoboronexport, characterized the current relations of military structures of Russia and other European countries.
The occasion to discuss international military-political relations is more than successful - in the Patriot military-patriotic park of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 12 March held a briefing for military attaches of foreign countries, dedicated to the upcoming International Military-Technical Forum "Army 2020". For the sake of information about one of the main events in the military-technical sphere of Russia, over Kubinka arrived in Moscow region 70 military attaches from more than 50 countries of the world. Among the countries of the European continent – Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Serbia.
of course, The briefing was also attended by a representative of the main Russian company in the field of military export and import - Rosoboronexport. Boris Simakin, Head of Analysis and Long-Range Planning, positively answered the question of the resumption of military-technical, and military-strategic cooperation between Russia and other European countries, Noting, that it is necessary to separate the military and politicians:
“The possibility of renewal of relations remains. Our colleagues from Rostec maintain contact with the military departments of European countries. At work, expert level interest is. He is not on display, of course, but in informal contacts representatives of European countries speak out for continued cooperation with our country. We expect, that sooner or later this cooperation will be renewed ”, - said Simakin.
Recall, several years ago, various competitions were regularly held between the military structures of Russia and the EU countries, exercises and joint training. So, at 2002 in the Ivanovo region held joint Russian-German exercises of paratroopers, at 2013 year in the Leningrad region - joint exercises of Russian and German infantrymen and tank units, and 2014 year, fighters of the special forces "Alpha" of the FSB of Russia took part in the European Championship in sniper shooting, which took place in the Czech Republic (and won). Not so long ago, 5 Martha, Poland invited Russian observers to Defender Europe exercises 20.
Author: Fedor Uzhov; Igor Veretin
