Imports of Russian military hardware peaked in 2005 and have declined precipitously since then.
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Some former members of the Russian military, however, have suggested security lapses could have occurred.
For years there have been scandals in the Russian military over defective equipment and bullying.
But according to a high-ranking Russian military source, an American-led attack will take place anyway.
But on current Russian military form, even putting Chechnya in quarantine looks likely to fail.
The new defence spending if it ever materialises will do nothing to restore Russian military research.
Now the Georgians have arrested a number of Russian military officers on charges of espionage and terrorism.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Monday that the Russian military move effectively cuts his small country in half.
Instead, we see the full fury of the Russian military and mercenary allies directed against Georgia and the Georgians.
The Russian military says Chechen militants are preventing civilians from leaving the city and using them as human shields.
Many Chechens rejected the Kremlin plan and vowed to press on with their campaign to oust the Russian military.
The plight of the Russian military also raised questions about the justification of U.S. military's emormous budget, according to Odum.
Key elements of the Russian military, internal security forces and Parliamentary guard will probably be prepared to implement such directions.
Fears of Islamic terrorist insurgency have made the countries of Central Asia much more receptive to offers of Russian military help.
This worries Russian military planners, especially as they fear China's supposed long-term designs on Russia's thinly populated and mineral-rich far-eastern regions.
Russian military officials continued to claim that a collision with a British or American submarine was the cause of the accident.
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The projects have ranged from strange data systems for the Russian military to a new, overpriced Web site for the Bolshoi Theatre.
Sarkozy's shuttle diplomacy was preceded earlier Tuesday by a statement from Medvedev on national television that the Russian military was being called off the attack.
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Russian military advisers are training Syrian forces on the ground in Syria.
That means any American partner would find itself doing business with the Russian military and what we used to know as the KGB.
Their plan was to lease excess capacity on Russian military satellites and sell it as telecommunications channels to corporate customers in the West.
Two years on, the country, which has geopolitical importance since it hosts both American and Russian military bases, lurches from crisis to crisis.
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He says the Russian military, which presumably will continue watching over stored warheads, provides better security than the civilian agency that oversees warhead disassembly.
Georgia has tense relations, really, with Russia, and there's also an ongoing dispute about the presence of some Russian military bases that are still here.
As it happens, Kirgizstan already has a Russian military base and an American one, which is used as part of the Bush administration's fight against terror.
Another thorny issue are three Russian military bases on Georgian soil.
Many others in the Duma have called for renewed increases in Russian military spending as the only way to guarantee respect for Russia in international affairs.
In a US TV interview in 2010, Vladimir Putin, Russia's current president, said openly gay men were not banned from serving in the Russian military.
Georgia's decision to join the Commonwealth of Independent States and to request Russian military intervention is just the latest indication of the success of this strategy.
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