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Article: The empire and the army strike back. (concern over increased Russian military intervention in the former Russian republics)
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- Insight on the News
- Article date:
- November 29, 1993
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Summary: Foreign policy analysts are wondering who is behind the renewed presence of Russia's military. Is Boris Yeltsin backing destabilizing efforts in the former republics or are his generals running away with their power.)
Of all the Soviet institutions, none has fared worse since the breakup of the U.S.S.R. than its once proud Red Army. At the peak of its strength, it deployed 5 million people all over the globe. Today the Russian army musters half that. Many units suffer from desertion and draft dodging. Officers returning home from posts abroad live in cramped dormitories, one family to a room, seven or eight families sharing a kitchen and bath. Some even ...