Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanovis a Russian senior official and statesman. Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's second government. Since December 2011, Ivanov is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office...
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If such proposals come -- we have not yet received them -- I am sure that they will not solve the ABM issue,
enrich proposal remains territory uranium
Russia's proposal to enrich uranium on its territory remains on the negotiating table.
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This means that about 35,000 men of the non-combat personnel will be laid off within the next five years, including some staff members of military chairs and other dual-purpose structures. It is also planned to do away with three hundred high-rank command posts, after which the number of generals and admirals in the Armed Forces will not top 1,100 men, meaning their reduction to the optimal proportion of one per thousand servicemen,
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The situation in North Korea is the obvious example because the situation a year ago seemed much worse than today.
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India and China are our strategic partners and we cooperate with them on a very wide range of questions, ... Three-sided exercises are possible in principle but then we should have to then move to the SCO.
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We have effective nuclear weapons, and we are not trying to increase their number but rather to improve their quality and effectiveness, to make them hard to intercept.
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We are also ready for an immediate start to official talks with the United States on SALT 3.
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We should reduce the number of generals and admirals to maintain the ratio of one senior officer per thousand servicemen.
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there are sufficient forces in the region to stop such attacks.