REASONS AND PROBLEMS OF MILITARY REFORM IN RUSSIA SINCE BEGINNING OF 1990-s
The primary purpose of this article is to describe Russian army completing and its dependence on the weapons development and the social and political system. The first part reviews the reasons of carrying out the military reform in Russia. There is told that the world openness, social individualism, citizen's weakening dependence from the Establishment made mobilization and appeal for a military service of a large number of people, disturbing their private life and plans hardly possible. In the second part a description of difficulties connected with the decay of the USSR in carrying out the military reform in Russia is given. The accelerated withdrawal of troops from abroad has led to the first echelon of the most equipped military units disorder. The economic decadence has shorted army financing. The exceptions' input in the general conscription law caused a problem of staff shortage.