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ravencallscrowsJust in case there was any doubt. This from the English service of Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency.
Iraq war urges Russia to change its Military Doctrine
21.04.2003
By Anatoly Yurkin
MOSCOW, April 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The developments in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO combat operations in the Balkan Peninsula, show the need for amending the Russian Military Doctrine, General Makhmut Gareyev, President of the Academy of Military Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with Itar-Tass on Monday. "At present we are working on a new version of the Conceptual Framework of National Security and of the Military Doctrine," he said.
According to General Gareyev, "a doctrine is not a document that should never be changed. It should be updated and brought into line with the current world situation." In his opinion, the existing Military Doctrine is at variance with some other basic documents. It deals only with military security, but "Russia should ensure its security not only by military means. Economic, information, psychological, political and diplomatic means should also be used for that purpose." "The war in Iraq showed that all those means are really necessary. Life itself is suggesting amendments to us," Gareyev believes.
Iraq war urges Russia to change its Military Doctrine
21.04.2003
By Anatoly Yurkin
MOSCOW, April 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The developments in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO combat operations in the Balkan Peninsula, show the need for amending the Russian Military Doctrine, General Makhmut Gareyev, President of the Academy of Military Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with Itar-Tass on Monday. "At present we are working on a new version of the Conceptual Framework of National Security and of the Military Doctrine," he said.
According to General Gareyev, "a doctrine is not a document that should never be changed. It should be updated and brought into line with the current world situation." In his opinion, the existing Military Doctrine is at variance with some other basic documents. It deals only with military security, but "Russia should ensure its security not only by military means. Economic, information, psychological, political and diplomatic means should also be used for that purpose." "The war in Iraq showed that all those means are really necessary. Life itself is suggesting amendments to us," Gareyev believes.
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Date: 2003-04-21 12:52 pm (UTC)