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Ukraine: a Test for Russian Military Reforms

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In the recent years Russia has made a significant effort in favor of modernizing its armed forces which allowed it to execute the swift annexation of Crimea in March 2014. 

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Nevertheless, the deteriorating economic situation casts doubts on Russia’s ability to continue these ambitious reforms. This is especially true for the Strategic Forces which will have to face a reevaluation of the priority they were given in 2010. Uncertainties still linger over the future missions and capabilities of both the Navy and the Air Force. In the meantime, the ground forces, and especially the Special Forces (Spetsnaz) components, have to adapt to “hybrid warfare” in Eastern Ukraine while maintaining their own modernization process.

 

This Focus stratégique was produced in cooperation with the Russia/NIS Center.

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Ukraine: a Test for Russian Military Reforms

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Pavel BAEV

Pavel BAEV

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Associate Research Fellow, Russia/Eurasia Center, Ifri

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Heir to a tradition dating back to the founding of Ifri, the Security Studies Center provides public and private decision-makers as well as the general public with the keys to understanding power relations and contemporary modes of conflict as well as those to come. Through its positioning at the juncture of politics and operations, the credibility of its civil-military team and the wide distribution of its publications in French and English, the Center for Security Studies constitutes in the French landscape of think tanks a unique center of research and influence on the national and international defense debate.

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