RUSSIA: Reduced draft exacerbates military problems
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- Political
- Technical
- Ethnic
- Conscription rationale
- Unsustainability
- Poor preparedness
- Draft targets
- Loyalty and morale
- Inadequate weapons
- Contract servicemen
- Recruitment targets
- Questionable recruitment
- Ethnic imbalance
- Outlook
- Smaller army
- 'Russified' army
- 'Non-Russified' army
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