by Robert Beckhusen | Mar 5, 2013 | Monitor
Russia’s new defense minister wants to extinguish one of the Russian military’s most endemic health problems and martial perks: giving free cigarettes to troops. His challenge is to prevent nicotine-deprived soldiers from violently freaking out.
by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
Anatoly Serdyukov during a meeting with former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Photo: Defense Department It’s been a rocky few months for Anatoly Serdyukov, the Kremlin’s top defense minister. A messy push to reform the Russian military has collided...
