The military doctrine of the Russian Federation needs radical changes, moreover, are not based on current events and long-term forecasting, the head of the Academy of geopolitical issues, the doctor of military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov.
Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov told Last news that by the end of the year in Russia will have updated military Doctrine of the country. According to him, the decision to add a document dictated mainly by foreign factors: NATO expansion, MISSILE defense issue and the situation in Ukraine and around it.
" The doctrine is not diplomatic in nature, no amendment may be the reason for the aggression of the West, " said Sivkov Last news .
according to expert reviews, the current Military doctrine " we need to radically remake, it does not meet the requirements documents of this type ".
" it is not clear the criteria by which it would become possible to fix the number, the equipment and the principles of military power. There is a very fuzzy concept, there are no clear definitions, " the angry head of the Department.
It is impossible to correct a situation of long-term documents based on the current political situation in the world: must be formulated real long-term and medium-term risk and at the base of this is the situation of the document itself, Sivkov said.
" To link the development of doctrine to Ukraine and NATO's actions are wrong. The conflict in Ukraine will End during the year, NATO will move to the East for 1, 5 - a maximum of 5 years, but the Doctrine is accepted for decades. The doctrine defines the main principles of military power if in 15-20 years, " explained Sivkov.
The current military Doctrine of the Russian Federation was adopted four years ago in 2010. Among the major military threats to States then were called NATO expansion and deployment of a missile defence system in Europe.
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