INTELLECTUAL LEVEL OF TROOPS FALLING.
Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 56
Russian army commandershave discovered that new draftees and recruits have less education,and more criminal activities in their past, and that as a resultthe army cannot train them as well or as quickly, Russian radioreported July 19. And it said that one draftee in six openly declaredthat he did not want to serve.
Northern Fleet Wants Independence from Defense Ministry.