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Brand new Neo-Soviet Army uniforms, just in time for Putin's upcoming war against US, Europe (the three Baltic states & Poland seem like the first targeted nations in Eastern Europe plus Georgia in the Caucasus).

The Kremlin's weapons support for Iran & Syria continues. Will Moscow send troops, pilots (as in previous Arab-Israeli wars), along with advanced weapons systems to assist their Islamic 'comrades' in any future war against Israel?

Lyubov Kudelina, head of the Defense Ministry finance and economics service

Army Uniforms Get Makeover

The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that it is spending 100 million rubles to create new uniforms. The Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House was selected to design the new uniform, and it is now keeping it a secret until September, when Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov will launch it mass production. He approved a new special forces uniform in May.

The only time previously when the Russian Army was given fully redesigned uniforms was in 1992 on orders from First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. That new uniform was based on the NATO uniform, military sources say. In 1998, generals' and colonels' hats were replaced and some types of forces were given shoes instead of boots. In 2005, Russian President Vladimir Putin made more changes to officers' headwear, partially reversing the innovations of 1998. Police received new uniforms last month, after the president noted that the color of their uniforms was the same as that of military uniforms.

Lyubov Kudelina, head of the Defense Ministry finance and economics service, while not lifting the veil of secrecy from the new military look, promised that the new uniforms “will combine the historical traditions of the Russian Army and a modern palette of colors with improved quality of materials.”

Fashion historian Alexander Vasilyev is skeptical, however. “Using fashionable designers is not only unjustified here, you have to look at world experience, which is that the design of the military wardrobe has to be developed by special people who serve in the army and understand what is needed and why. So far, I have the impression that that the minister found out that on warehouse is nearly empty, and another has a surplus of fabric and that is the basis for the changes.”