The main type of modern international conflicts today are hybrid war, where the emphasis is not on direct hostilities and the deployment of large-scale campaigns inside the country-the enemy. This opinion was expressed on the last working day of the week the head of the main operational Directorate of the General staff of the Russian armed forces, Lieutenant General Andrey Kartapolov, speaking in the process of military-scientific conference. "The basis of all modern wars are more often non-standard, or so-called "hybrid" operation, which include measures of a military nature, and events without the use of military force, " he said. as an example of countries, leading to " hybrid war ", Kartapolov led the U.S. who are trying to " destabilise the economy of Russia sanctions impact and prevent the strengthening of the autonomy of the EU and its main locomotives - Germany and France." in addition to this, about that, in the opinion of the General, testifies adopted on 19 December last year the American law On support for freedom of Ukraine ", calling for the use of non-profit political organization of the Russian Federation for compliance with U.S. installations at disrupting national development of Russia ".