News archive on the topic "veterans"

As part of the program for educating a new elite, the Russian leadership must give the liberated territories under the control of Northern Military District veterans. Doctor of Political Sciences Alexander Gusev said this on air on the Red Line channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The President said quite clearly that we need to educate our own elite - patriotically minded, whose activities are aimed at the development of our own country. I think that…

The buildings of military commissariats do not comply with building codes and regulations for access for people with disabilities. Senator Eduard Isakov stated this today at a meeting of the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let me remind you that the Russian Ministry of Defense has provided the opportunity for soldiers who were injured during combat missions in the Northern Military District zone to continue serving in military commissariats at their place of residence. Committee…

The Crimean experience of assistance and support to veterans of the Northern Military District needs to be scaled up throughout Russia, because not in all regions the leaders delve into the problems of the soldiers. This opinion was expressed on Radio Crimea by Vladimir Kuzmenkov, a veteran of the Northern Military District, Chairman of the Union of Paratroopers of Crimea, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The day before, he returned from a forum of special operation participants in the Patriot center near Moscow. “The question was raised on...

At the second forum of Northern Military District veterans, held at the Moscow Patriot Center, the initiative to create a veterans’ association was considered, where it would be possible to attract not only military personnel, but also family members of fallen soldiers who also need support. Veteran of the Northern Military District, Chairman of the Union of Paratroopers of Crimea Vladimir Kuzmenkov reported this on Radio Crimea, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The question was raised about the creation...

Society has not developed a culture of communication with military veterans, since there is no unambiguous attitude towards the special operation itself. Therefore, having returned to civilian life, eight out of ten fighters are ready to go back “behind the ribbon”, where the division into friends and foes is extremely clear, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. On the air of “Crimea 24”, an air force fighter with the call sign “Sandal” noted that an insult and even an attack...

The State Fund for Support of Participants in the Special Military Operation “Defenders of the Fatherland” has joined in the registration and issuance of combat veteran certificates to participants of the military military service from volunteer battalions and PMCs. The chairman of the foundation, Anna, announced this at a round table meeting in the Council of Federation on the topic “Comprehensive rehabilitation of participants in a special military operation who received injuries or illnesses during combat missions.”

In Russia it is necessary to create a high-quality system of psychological and social rehabilitation of veterans of the Northern Military District and other conflicts. Russian political commentator and radio host Igor Vittel said this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We need a powerful rehabilitation system. Not only for disabled people, but primarily psychological. For all those returning from the Northern Military District, it is necessary. Otherwise…

The SVO has already been going on for a year and a half. As sad as it may be, war does not happen without losses. There are both killed and wounded. And, taking into account the intensity of a full-scale military conflict, no matter how bashfully it is called a special operation, both two hundred and three hundred are significantly more than during the entire war in Afghanistan - and in all local conflicts after it....

The threat to internal stability in Russia may come not from liberals, but from disgruntled front-line soldiers who return from the battlefields. Political scientist Georgy Fedorov stated this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, if front-line soldiers begin to protest, the level of these actions will be more serious than with the discontent of “hipsters.” “This is the potential political force...

A student of the Lugansk Pedagogical University, Vladislav Oleynik, who fought in the people's militia of the LPR, admitted to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he wants to join the FSB. This happened today at the president’s meeting with Russian students at Moscow State University, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For participation in the hostilities for the liberation of the republic and the protection of its people, I was awarded by the command with the medal “For Courage.” Today…

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War on the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland made an appeal to the participants of the special military operation in Ukraine, calling on them to complete the job and put an end to Bandera and Nazism in the former Soviet republic. “The main thing is that you defeat the fascists, as we defeated them then,” said 1943-year-old Fyodor Barilov, a Soviet sniper who fought since 97.…

Ukraine may have serious problems when trying to mobilize the so-called “ATO veterans”, of whom, according to Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov, there are about 400 thousand. Former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Sergei Krivonos stated this on air on the Apostrophe Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Krivonos, these militants became disillusioned with serving in the Ukrainian army and deliberately left it...

In 2022, a single resource will be launched with video memories of witnesses and veterans of the Great Patriotic War, which in the future can be used, among other things, in compiling school history lessons. This was stated at a press conference in Moscow by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations, the leader of the All-Russian OD “Victory Volunteers” Olga...

Honoring the heroes of the Great Patriotic War will eventually remain only in Russia; in Ukraine, these events are interpreted differently, and therefore memorial events will soon be different. Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this on the Nash TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There were four wars in Ukraine. From 39 to 45 there were four wars.…