A Foreign Legion for Russia

Pravda ^ | March 22, 2006 | Viktor Litovkin, RIAN

[Btrp113Cav]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a package of legislative amendments creating the legal foundations for CIS citizens to serve in the Russian army on a contract basis

[Reagan 76]

Not a foreign legion but more along the lines of how Commonwealth Nations can send their citizens to serve in the UK military.

[cripplecreek]

Interesting but I suspect that Americans would get a much higher pay rate than regular Russian army regulars. That can't be good for unity.

[GarySpFc]

Ping

[Thunder90]

Reconstruction of the Soviet Army continues.

[Thunder90]

It does not make much of a difference, considering that the Belrussian and Kazakh militaries are pretty much owned by Russia now.

[strategofr]

"Reconstruction of the Soviet Army continues."

You got that right! And the extent of its original deconstruction was exaggerated.

[Thunder90]

And those CIS countries send conscripts to Russia for training now anyway.

[strategofr]

"And those CIS countries send conscripts to Russia for training now anyway."

Surely, most CIS countries wouldn't want to do that, I presume. Wouldn't most of them distrust Russia?

[Thunder90]

No, they don't because most of the people in the CIS countries speak Russian and rely on Russia as their main trade and military supply partner. Many CIS countries also agree with Russian foreign policy.