The analytical report “Military Reform: Toward the New Look of the Russian Army” summarizes the results of the conference of the Valdai Discussion Club Defense and Security section titled “Modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces and Cooperation in International Security” which was held on May 25-27, 2011 in Moscow.
The analysts assess the changes made in the system of military command and control, in the structure and organization of forces, the strength of the Armed Forces, and in the deployment and designation due to the Military Reform launched in Russia in autumn of 2008 as well as give outlook to the prospects of successful implementation of the State Armament Program for 2011-2020.
The report was prepared by the well-known Russian military experts: Mikhail Barabanov, Editor-in-Chief of Moscow Defense Brief, Konstantin Makienko, Deputy Director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies; member of the Expert Council under the Russian State Duma Defense Committee, and Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies; member of the Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry.