the development of russian military policy and finland
the development of russian military policy and finland
the development of russian military policy and finland
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ANNEX 3<br />
The Development <strong>of</strong> Russian Military Potential Nearby<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
Western Military District (WMD)<br />
WMD includes former Moscow <strong>and</strong> Leningrad Military Districts, Nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
<strong>and</strong> Baltic Fleets, Kaliningrad Special Area <strong>and</strong> 1 st Air Force <strong>and</strong> Air Defence<br />
Comm<strong>and</strong>. The HQ <strong>of</strong> Western MD is located in St. Petersburg, in former<br />
location <strong>of</strong> Leningrad MD`s HQ. Colonel-General Arkady Viktorovich<br />
Bakhin was <strong>the</strong> first CO <strong>of</strong> this Joint Strategic Comm<strong>and</strong> West (OSK, Obyedinyennoye<br />
Strategicheskoye Komm<strong>and</strong>ovanye) 2010− 2012. 296<br />
The Ground Forces <strong>of</strong> WMD are considerable strong. According to a Russian<br />
estimate its capability <strong>of</strong> warfare has been increased “more than 13 times” (><br />
90%) 297 compared with former Leningrad Military District (LMD). 298 Western<br />
MD includes among o<strong>the</strong>r two General Force Armies:<br />
- 6 th Army, HQ at Agalatovo, on Karelian Isthmus, close to Saint Petersburg<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
- 20 th Guards Army, HQ at Mulino, east <strong>of</strong> Moscow. 299<br />
In <strong>the</strong> Western Military District (WMD) <strong>the</strong>re are more than 40 peace-time<br />
brigades <strong>and</strong> detached special regiments/battalions in declared permanent<br />
readiness as follows 300 :<br />
Tank<br />
4. Detached Guards Tank Brigade (Naro-Fominsk)<br />
6. Detached Tank Brigade (Dzhershinsk)<br />
296 Warfare.be, “Russian Military Analysis: Western Military District – OSC West”<br />
[http://warfare.be/?linkid=2225&catid=321].<br />
297 In Russia <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>the</strong>matical comparison is <strong>of</strong>ten expressed as “times”; something is X<br />
times bigger. It is possible to calculate as per cent with formula: 100–100/X times. In this<br />
case <strong>the</strong> exact calculation is 100–100/13 = 92.3%.<br />
298 Krasnaya Zvezda, 29 December 2010, “Armija Rossii: Novyj oblik “Prioritety stroitelstva<br />
Vooruzhennyh sil”” (Russian Army: Priorities <strong>of</strong> Armed Forces’ Organization)<br />
[http://old.redstar.ru/2010/12/29_12/1_08.html].<br />
299 Warfare.be, “Russian Military Analysis: Western Military District – OSC West.”<br />
300<br />
Warfare.be; IHS Jane’s; Jane’s World Armies, “Russian Federation” (15 November 2012).<br />
Note: not included signal, communications, C 3 , ECM, elint, NBC, support, logistics, aviation,<br />
naval, space, etc. brigades nei<strong>the</strong>r reserve. Due to different sources <strong>the</strong>re are small<br />
distinctions between <strong>the</strong> above list <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> table <strong>of</strong> Annex 2 (Permanent Readiness Brigades<br />
<strong>of</strong> The Russian Armed Forces).
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