Russia: July 18, 2004

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President Vladimir Putin is winning a battle with the generals and admirals of the general staff. These officers have long enjoyed special powers, which are not easy to take away. But Putin has been getting laws and regulations changed, and putting more and more of his own people into senior military posts. Putin is backing the reformers in the military who want to dump most of the Soviet heritage and go for a professional military along American lines.

 

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