More Dagestan recruits in army
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The Center of Political Information prepared the report headlined "Sergey Shoigu: a year as the defense minister of Russia. Results of work.” The head of the Center, Alexei Mukhin, explained that "the image of the Russian army is personified. Earlier it was the army of Anatoly Serdyukov, no it is the army of Sergey Shoigu. The figure of the minister influences a lot the image of Armed Forces in the society; huge responsibility lies on him… Transparency and intelligibility of what the minister wants from his employees are an important element is the management mechanism, effective management which Sergey Shoigy plans to build. The result of his efforts is improvement of trust not only between top officers and the ministry, but also within Armed Forces because they accepted the situation adequately. Now we can say that martial spirit increased in the army. One of key goals chosen by Sergey Shoigu for development of Armed Forces is de-commercialization of the department. It is a very important element which will enable to avoid such a serious risk as corruption.”
"The complex of measures taken by the Defense Ministry in a year can be divided into two parts: special and social,” analyst of the Center of Political Information, Pavel Verkhnyatsky, thinks. "A military strategy is the most interesting in the special part. Sergey Shoigu presented the plan of Russia’s defense in less than three months after his appointment. The plan considers all threats and risks which Russia can face. The character of modern threats and risks increases requirements to mobility, technical infrastructure of the army; that is why the forces for special operations were founded, according to the minister’s initiative. Moreover, the development plan for the Defense Ministry to 2020 was adopted. This document enabled the minister to elicit oddness in decision making in Armed Forces. The next important aspect of the Defense Ministry’s work is rearmament of Armed Forces. The state program to 2020 requires re-equipment of the army by 70% to 2020. In 2017 it is planned to re-equip missile complexes of infantry troops by 100%. Moreover, the Defense Ministry strives for cooperation with the Russian military-industrial complex and purchase armaments in Russia, rejecting certain contracts with foreign weapon producers.
One of key questions for the Defense Ministry is hiring contract soldiers in Armed Forces. According to the plan published by the ministry, by the end of 2013 making up of the staff in the army will reach 82%, including 241,000 contract soldiers; by the end of 2014 it will reach 100%, including 250,000 contract soldiers.”
One of Shoigu’s know-how was an increasing number of recruits from Dagestan where live about 40,000 young man of drafting age, and most of them want to service. Since 2010 the number of recruits from Dagestan was reducing. Opponents of the quota increase said that Dagestani young people shouldn’t service in the army because they would "ruin discipline” there or even become extremists. Shoigu ordered to increase the quota, after the Dagestan authorities had addressed him.
"The draft in Dagestan is accompanied by discussions on the quota increase,” Pavel Verkhnyatsky says. "Sergey Shoigu considered various opinions and made such a seemingly simple decision, considering the Caucasian mentality. Along with the quota increase, in Dagestan a mechanism of cooperation with the local authorities, communities, authoritative leaders is being developed. They will be guarantors that there will be growth of tension in the army, after the quota has been increased. They have found a solution in cooperation with Dagestani powerful representatives of Diasporas. At the same time, education officers were returned to troops. However, this aspect touches on not only the Caucasus draft. At the same time, it is also a solution aimed at tension reduction.”
President of the Center of Strategic Assessment and Predictions, Sergey Grinyayev, recalled that "Dagestan is a Russian region. Speculation over draft is unacceptable. I think it means only weakness of a command of units where young men are drafted. We should speak not only about the quota increase, but also the increase of responsibility and severe punishment for harassments, stirring up ethnic hatred. We are one state, one army. We can’t say that we will found "a wild division.” The quota should be increased and be equal to other regions of the federation; at the same time, we need stricter educational and administrative work.”
"I would also add educational work,” Alexei Mukhin says. "When I serviced in Soviet times, the problem existed; and by a professional combination of educational and disciplinary measures it was easy to make dear representatives of ethnic communities service like all other soldiers. The system of relations’ development in a military community should be built professionally. It is important to prevent criminalization of such processes, because if you go soft, for example, in Dagestan, all other North Caucasus republics will demand benefits. And the ripple effect will take place – ethnic republics will demand quotas, benefits in service and so on. I think we shouldn’t allow this happen.”
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