|
No Russian conscripts left in Chechnya
There are no conscripts left in Chechnya, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a Monday meeting of the government. He said that contract servicemen would make 100% of Russian army personnel in Chechnya by January 1, 2005. "There will be 21,000 contract soldiers and sergeants in Chechnya," he said. Special task forces, paratrooper, railroad and construction units will be staffed with contract servicemen. Several dozens of contract servicemen are citizens of CIS member countries, and more than 200 applications from CIS citizens have been submitted for military service by contract, Ivanov said.Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-12-30 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=52483 |