RUSSIAN ARMY UNHAPPY WITH IMAGE, POLITICIANS.
Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 43
Russian militarycommanders are "tired of being presented as ‘the party ofwar," Pavel Felgengauer, a leading commentator on Russianmilitary questions, told Segodnya June 29. The militaryis especially unhappy that civilian politicians try to presentthemselves as men of peace when it is precisely the politicianswho give the orders that the army has to carry out. As a result,Felgengauer said, ever more generals are thinking about becomingmore active in politics themselves. Their entrance into the politicalfray could have unpredictable and unsettling consequences, heconcluded.
Cossacks Consult in Moscow.
