Title: The Russian Army and Youth: Basis of the Relationship with the State
Abstract: While the Russian population is about to face critical political decisions in the next presidential elections, the relationship between the Russians and their institutions, and more precisely the Army, is being questioned. Indeed, the system of compulsory military service places the relationship between the State and the citizen at the very centre of the military issue. This relationship emphasizes the ambivalence of the Russian population towards its institutions : the youth broadly rejects military conscription and the Army fails to recruit soldiers; but at the same time military values and practices are essentially ingrained in the identity of Russian society. This duality reveals the society’s complex nature and it is at the root of both the structural deficiency of the system of defence and the inability of the government to reform the Army.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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