Come and keep your comrade warm.
Posted on 05/01/2009 10:27:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A plan to replace Soviet-era Russian military uniforms with ones by a leading fashion designer has been abandoned because of a lack of money. The plan to bring in the new uniforms, designed by Valentin Yudashkin, was supported by Russian PM Vladimir Putin. There is now only enough money to pay for uniforms for soldiers taking part in the forthcoming Victory Day parade. Everyone else, it seems, will remain in the rather drab olive shades Russia inherited from the former Soviet Union.
'Less frumpy' On Friday, Senator Viktor Ozerov, chairman of Russian Federation Council committee on defence and security, told the radio station Ekho Moskvy that the army knew what to spend money on - and that new uniforms were not a priority. Valentin Yudashkin shows off his uniform designs (23 April 2008) Valentin Yudashkin's designs built on the uniforms of imperial Russia "I think that the uniforms which servicemen now wear make it possible to distinguish them from civilians," he said. The new designs for the army uniforms come from Russia's leading fashion designer, Valentin Yudashkin.
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Come and keep your comrade warm.
Yes I did, the Russian military and their budgets and uniform changes interest me, when I recognized that fourth photo that you posted of what I think is Polish uniforms, I started questioning your information.
You need to label fake photos as fakes not let us believe that they are photo documentation.
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