The defense Ministry responded to reports of "tearing off the shoulder straps" cadets of the airborne forces
The Commission, the defence Ministry has completed the review of the guards in the Ryazan higher airborne command school after appearing in the media messages about the "tearing off the shoulder straps" students.
the Ministry told that the test clearly established that there is no "shearing epaulet" was not. The Ministry also promised to punish the commanders and superiors of students who are not told the students about the requirements to the color of the shoulder straps.
As told in the Ministry of defence, in the result, the were able to set five cadets who, not knowing the normative documents of the Ministry about the rules of wearing military uniforms, showed their dissatisfaction because of the gossip about the cancellation of a shoulder strap of sky-blue on the uniforms.
first of some media said that the cadets of the Ryazan school As if ripped off their insignia in protest against the fact that their color changed from the traditional blue to black. Then in the Ministry of defence noted that such information arose from the unwillingness of individuals to understand the issue together with the leadership of the airborne troops.
According to the order of 1997 in the Armed forces, cadets of higher military schools of the Ministry of defence were on everyday and dress uniform trapezoidal straps khaki.
However, from 2015, in order to preserve the historical traditions of the airborne forces by order of the Minister of defence, General of the army Sergei Shoigu on everyday and dress uniforms of the paratroopers were returned to the shoulder straps of a sky blue colour.
on the field uniform of soldiers from the Soviet era provided only the shoulder straps khaki for safety in combat.