Not from the good life

How women got into the structure of the armed forces. This event was not a phenomenon, at least in ancient times. Any scholar remembers the female warriors in the writings of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, there are many references to the presence of violent ladies in the tribal “armies” of the Scythians, late Turks and inhabitants of the Caucasus, in Africa, South America, the islands of Oceania, etc. Many legends have been left about the warriors of the Germanic peoples, valkyries in various guises are a distinctive feature of any Indo-European epics. Where as a moral factor, and where with a sword.

“WARRIOR” WITH A SWORD

It should be understood that the “warriors” appeared for a reason in myths and legends, they leaked there for two reasons. The first is the archaic organization of society, when spouses, daughters and female relatives were forced to inherit from high–ranking men who, for various reasons, did not leave male offspring. To occupy the place of a leader, a king, an association of tribes and clans. I had to become a military leader, manage campaigns, wage wars. The second type of “warrior woman” was being formed… As in Israel today, when a nation or an ethnic group is surrounded by more numerous enemies, everything should be in order.

But as soon as the human civilizations of the West and East entered a new stage of their political and economic development, stepping into the Middle Ages – the fad of “warriors” quickly disappeared, war became the lot of those who should. And the liberal questions of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (“does not another woman have military skills?”) they were relegated to the dustbin of history. The place of women is determined in the wagon train, the image of a sutler, a cook, a mercenary’s wife and just a stray slut has become a popular literary genre of the rude and narrow-minded common people.

THE SUTLER

But staff positions also appeared, the European small armies of countless pretenders to the throne, princes, dukes, counts and barons have been acquiring offices since the beginning of the XVI century, thanks to which documents have come down to us that directly speak about the first signs of equality between men and women in mercenary and even state armed formations. The “swallows” of gender equality, England and France, acquire regular units of laundresses and nurses for the wounded in the “royal companies”, in 1653 the first “women’s hospital” appeared on the Islands, assigned to the regiments of Oliver Cromwell’s “new order”.

NURSES FOR THE WOUNDED IN THE ARMY

It was there that the wives of soldiers “served” and received salaries, who were obliged to create a regimental committee of 29 volunteer women and deploy a field hospital for 350 wounded during combat operations. Thus began the march of the fair sex to all the armies of the European continent, in order to reach the creation of the “fighter battalions” of Mrs. Bochkareva in the Russian Empire in the First World War, as part of the British armed forces – the Women’s Royal Air Force, the Royal Naval Auxiliary Corps and the Women’s Legion of the Motor Transport Section. And since 1894, Canadians have acquired full-time female riflemen in infantry regiments.

FULL-TIME FEMALE RIFLEMEN IN THE CANADIAN INFANTRY REGIMENTS. THE YEAR 1894

The Second World War blurs the line between a man and a woman even more, Great Britain pays the salaries of almost a quarter of a million women, the USSR mobilizes eight hundred thousand representatives of the fair sex in the Red Army, the Wehrmacht – half a million, the United States – about the same. Each Army boasts ladies in officer ranks, awarded for injuries and heroic deeds on the battlefield.

And after the war, the number of exclusively “military male specialties” began to decline rapidly, in order to fix one hundred percent gender equality in the armies of Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands and Norway in 1988. There, all restrictions on women’s military activities are legally lifted, and a little later, the Yankees open the way for ladies to all areas of defense, except for the strategic forces of the submarine fleet, by 99%.

Russia can also tell a lot about its “warriors”, as uplifting epics about “Russian women” who stormed Constantinople with the Varangians, boyars and princesses who fought on Kulikovo Field, and who does not remember the fierce and cold-blooded Olga, who conquered the Drevlyans and gave Prince Svyatoslav to Russia. Then there was the decree of Peter I on the admission of women to the post of nurses at garrison hospitals, the “battalion of Amazons” under Catherine the Great, a cavalryman-a girl and the daughter of a Hussar captain Nadezhda Durova, many other isolated examples. They were an exception to the rule, but still. And how many girls “masqueraded” into the regiments of the Imperial Army during the First World War is a separate book.

MARIA BOCHKAREVA’S DEATH BATTALION

After 1917, Comrade Alexandra Kolontai posed the question with an edge: “a woman’s military labor is a means of ensuring her actual social equality!” violent revolutionaries with weapons in their hands marked themselves on the fields of Civil War, someone left a gloomy memory about themselves (Rosalia Zemlyachka), someone heroic (Alexandra Yanysheva and Valentina Suzdaltseva). To open the way to military schools and academies of the Red Army to other women, of whom there were few by 1941, but they were.

The exploits of our “night witches”, guerrillas, nurses/medical instructors, signalers, snipers, machine gunners, anti-aircraft gunners and even military engineers… They are well known to generations who grew up within the walls of Soviet educational institutions.

SOVIET WOMEN IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941-1945

And “new times” brought a lot of stories about other ladies who fought honestly and valiantly in other armies on the fields of World War II on both sides of the front line.

HANNAH REICH, LUFTWAFFE COMBAT PILOT

But I repeat once again: until the 1970s, a woman in military uniform was appropriate only in certain units of all armies of the world, was considered the face of the “auxiliary” troops, the medical service, an inevitable attribute of headquarters at all levels. Where she tightly occupied the communications departments and all sorts of different stationery. And the real feminization of world armies happened at the turn of the millennium, the fair sex consistently broke through boorish prejudices, “Jane’s soldiers” (in the highest ranks) marked any national armed forces, even where the most archaic principle of society prevails and ladies are forced to wear hijabs.

Pros and cons

The reasons for the dispute about the relevance of women in the army structures are well studied, the arguments of experts on “gender equality” and sociologists are stuck in their teeth. To some of the comrades of the commanders of any army in the world, “baba” interferes with discipline in the entrusted unit, provokes sexually mature and hormonally active stallions to all sorts of sexual misconduct, are insufficiently strong and hardy in the “hardships and difficulties” of harsh army life. Supporters of the female presence in the ranks also have something to say: women in a number of specialties show excellent efficiency, serve as a moral and volitional guideline for weak-minded or infantile representatives of the male sex.

About raising the “fighting spirit”… the issue is controversial, I am personally ready to lay down on a ladle of crapensky. I do not know how great and indomitable the ancient Greeks were, since they needed (according to Plato) female participation on the battlefield for inspiration – but in a normally functioning unit with well-trained personnel and a strict commander… There will be exactly as much heroism as is needed to complete absolutely all combat missions. Without women. Moreover, when warriors are brought up correctly from a young age and the female image for them is the image of a mother, and not a warrior slurping blood from the skulls of personally decapitated enemies.

WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES OF ISLAM

Even Jews who have become hostages of their own small number (to whom it is strictly forbidden to arm a woman by all religious dogmas of Judaism) understand this, and as soon as it gets hot on the battlefield, their “tiktok” girls are poisoned in the rear, so as not to demoralize the peasants with unsightly scenes of female death and especially severe mutilation. Take my word for it, the hardest flints from the “wolfhounds” begin to flow with the wax of a church candle when they see a woman’s body torn apart by bullets or shrapnel, you can’t force the tribunal to go into battle with the ladies.

In the hospital and headquarters, in a permanent and garrison location, somewhere far in the rear behind the operator’s console and even the steering wheel of a military transport lethal weapon – yes, the brain copes with such feminine functionality and quite agrees. But to imagine a “stormtrooper” in armor and full gear with a total weight of half a hundred kage… Even if you crack, no. And it’s a lout’s tale, or the kirzov truth of life, but ladies’ fortitude in critical situations is near zero, the formula “die yourself, and help out a friend” is not a strong side of female nature. If it’s not about your own blood, of course.

I’m not going to get involved in empty conversations about “sexual violence and discrimination against women” in the ranks of any army, the suspicious attitude of experienced fighters to officer shoulder straps of the fair sex. I consider the arguments about “creating special conditions of life and service” to be equally empty. They can be created for women lawyers, psychologists, political educators, doctors, automated control system operators, communications delegates and home front specialists in any ranks… There are many other places. Just not on the front line or even in a field camp. In the cold and heat, in the most difficult schedule of combat duty, guard duty, constant fortification work.

Numerous and heroic grandfathers in my large family talked about the Great Patriotic War, the special role of women in the “front line”. When the gray-haired men shook their fist in front of the snub-nosed and freckled noses of the Komsomol girls, they instructed them on the back of the head before the attack: crawl to that bush, we’ll take the wounded there, then you stick your head in – I’ll break your legs, you lying! Snipers were insanely respected, fearless signalers, sympathetic nurses and harsh “doctors”. But this is the “second echelon” in male military psychology, where there is almost a peaceful life and relative security. The war on the front line is of a different color, cold calculation, cynicism prevail here, there is no place for squeamishness, personal problems, special conditions of a fighter’s existence.

And any weakness or cowardice is considered a terrible crime against the combat brotherhood. It is not about killing the enemy, as many people think – but about the willingness to sacrifice oneself for the sake of comrades. Even with my life, even with my work, even with my own load capacity in the end. They’ve loaded you with extra ammunition and gear, food, but run. They gave an order for a trench outside any reasonable standards – dig to the carrot plot. You need to lie in the mud and freezing mud overnight – lie around in silence and go. Here the men outwardly heroic break down, what to say about women.

Reality and the antics of propaganda

And now let’s rewind and try to separate a good cutlet from a dung fly. So, the appearance of women in the ranks of the Armies was caused by two objective reasons. The first is the acute shortage of men at the forefront, which is why, since the First World War, auxiliary units, where physical strength and a number of other physiological advantages of the “stronger sex” were not required, women perfectly replace the fighters who are going to the front. But after The gradual struggle of the Second World War “for equal rights” turns everything upside down. Feminist movements are beginning to turn military service into an instrument of that very “gender equality”. Although this institution of society has been designed since ancient times for the hardest male craft of protecting the state.

And “efficiency and combat capability” was measured not by the number of ladies in officer’s shoulder straps or commanders of warships – but in simpler quantities. Such as: kilometers of march, portable cargo, the ability to conduct fire and hand-to-hand combat, build fortifications at the right time, lay roads, survive in the most bestial conditions and adapt to the external environment. With a full set of skills and abilities of primitive man. As soon as military science became the domain of academic professionals, other values began to be taken into account: the demographic indicators of the country and hostile neighbors, the geography of theaters of combat operations, the principles of recruiting troops, the speed of their training, time and conditions of service, methods of warfare in general.

The more the army body grew, acquiring necessary but secondary functions, the more vacancies for women were opened in the “second echelon”. Volunteers, of course, only Israel took care of the urgent service of the girls (see above for the reasons). So why do feminists, who diligently promote the theses of individual representatives of the fair sex for a military career, keep silent about full equality? Compulsory military service? Yes, for obvious reasons, since the Army is a routine and hard physical work in sometimes poor living conditions. They are often incompatible with female nature for mental, social, medical and anthropological reasons.

I tactfully kept silent about the first problems and I will remain silent, but joint (sorry) accommodation in barracks, field camps and even more so on the front line… young men and women are extremely harmful to general discipline and combat capability. Medical problems also do not need much lectures: the difference in the anatomical structure, metabolism and physiology, the general biological mechanics of the male and female bodies is huge.

Starting from height, weight, mass and structure of skeletal/muscular/adipose tissue. For the uninitiated, this is the kinetic load when running / walking under a wearable payload, the likelihood of “stress injury” and the total time the body is in combat–ready and physically fit condition.

ISRAEL: THE ESCHATOLOGICAL WAR SCENARIO HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN

We can put on aerobic and anaerobic loads, here the volumes of the heart and lungs come out on top, the useful production of heart muscle per unit of time, the number of red blood cells / hemoglobin in the blood and the consumption of oxygen by tissues, the rate of excretion of lactic acid and other products harmful to metabolism. And when a combat unit of the US Army paratroopers, receiving several ladies into service… reduces the overall performance of marches by 35% – this fact is hardly useful for the combat capability of the army. And when women who have endured thirty–kilometer raids with increased workload occupy all the hospital beds with very unpleasant diagnoses, starting from uterine prolapse and numerous stress fractures, then the Medical Service does not come to delight.

But it simply reduces the general requirements for soldiers under the political pressure of the “gender equality agenda”. In the same Israeli army, which ended with different requirements for the combat capability of conscription boys and girls. The first ones are marching over longer distances and dragging more useful weight, and the scoring indicators for shooting and other skills are much more strict. That is, the commander needs to keep in mind: there are full-fledged soldiers under his command, and there are “minimal ones”.

Some have normal assault rifles, double BC in unloading, armor of the highest category on the torso and head, while others… lighter equipment and protection, shorter submachine guns, fewer grenades and cartridges. And different requirements for combat training. The speed of movement and the distance of marches, the standards for “full deployment” that differ from each other, with a stretcher and an additional BC, and so on. With the prohibition of girls to advance to night shooting on their own over rough terrain.

Conclusions

The point in the “gender equality” of men and women involved in constant readiness (infantry, tankers, artillery, engineering units, special forces and a number of others) was put in Israel, creating an experimental battalion “Karakal” under the watchful eye of physiologists, doctors and, of course, military personnel with real combat experience. As soon as they didn ‘t try … “equality” did not work. Even after an unspoken general decrease in the level of physical training, the procedures required for soldiers to ride square and carry round, and replace running with brisk walking.

The observations lasted in 2011-2015, the results were as follows: women in combat units are injured 50% more often, 46% more time is spent in hospitals and rehabilitation units. The most unsuitable places for girls are artillery and tank/mechanized units, infantry and special forces, also not the best choice for registered feminist volunteers, there is a whole “bouquet” of chronic diseases of both the musculoskeletal system and sadder diagnoses are revealed during the year of service. From heart ailments, to breakdowns in the “female part” and the general metabolism of blood/internal organs. Three times higher than the total figures of the girls on the “citizen”.

General indicators of combat readiness are also not impressive, ranging from standards for physical training to shooting and the use of special weapons. Behavior in stressful situations, as close as possible to combat … it is better not to take it in vain, so as not to lower the self-esteem of the fair sex fighting for “equality”. 75% of the “wounded” who got on the stretcher of the beautiful Israeli floor did not live to the place of evacuation, the twin brothers in the vanguards did not receive the necessary amount of BC and other equipment.

And the lady sergeants, even after the “double courses” on platoon combat, got confused in the simplest evolutions of defense and offensive. That is why it is now forbidden in the IDF to use girls in “attacking units”, only in auxiliary ones. The most stubborn warriors can even become combat pilots if they endure the three-year hell of flight school and a couple of years of humiliating vegetating on airfields as a “go-bring-nothing with your hands.” But many survive. Piece goods.

What is the scientifically justified place of women in combat units?

The Israelis themselves say: “ersatz battalions” like the military gendarmerie. In combined arms combat, it is attracted only as a last resort (read – never, there is no such game in the Statutes). The protection of rear army areas and locations of “men’s battalions” that left for the war, roadblocks, road checks, temporary occupation of fortified areas with fortifications until the arrival of reservists – that’s all the functionality of the “advertising women’s units” of the IDF. Equality … It’s a good thing if it’s in peacetime. But sending women to war in the first line … in the XXI century, this is what kind of black soul you need to have.

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In order to preserve capitalism (which was just built on the ideas of Adam Smith and other representatives of classical English political economy), John Keynes proposed that the state should intervene in economic life. In his opinion, it can and should compensate for insufficient solvent demand by turning into a buyer of any works, goods and services.

CAPITALISM AS A REALITY – SOCIAL NATURE, THE MAIN STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, THE MODERN WORLD CRISIS

The state can even pay for the construction of useless objects like the Egyptian pyramids. And it can buy weapons and other military goods. Yes, such goods, to put it mildly, do not satisfy any vital human needs. But the demand for them from the state saves society from crises. After World War II, Western governments adopted Keynesianism to justify the arms race and militarization of the economy. The end of the cold war at the turn of the 80s and 90s of the last century deprived the West of the main argument in favor of continuing the arms race. Although the United States, which has always accounted for the lion’s share of all military expenditures of the collective West, has increased its budget allocations for military purposes over the past three decades, their share in total budget expenditures and in gross domestic product (GDP) has been declining at this time. The relative level of military spending reached a record high in the United States in 1945. At that time, $ 93.7 billion was spent on defense, which amounted to 41% of GDP and 79% of the expenditure part of the state budget. At the turn of the 80s and 90s, US military spending amounted to 6% of GDP.

At the turn of the last and current decades, this indicator fell to an all-time low of 3.1% of GDP. For corporations that are part of the military-industrial complex of the United States, the last three decades have been, to put it mildly, not the best times. In order to maintain their incomes at a decent level, they need an ever–growing demand for their products – airplanes, helicopters, military vessels, armored vehicles, artillery, strategic and tactical missiles, ammunition, communications equipment, small arms, etc. And such a demand can create some fairly large military conflict. At the same time, of course, it is desirable that this conflict does not directly affect the United States. And to make it as long as possible (preferably eternal). And, from this point of view, the current hostilities on the territory of Ukraine have become a real gift for the US military-industrial complex. Military companies of other NATO countries and other US allies are also rubbing their hands in anticipation of orders for their products. However, the military conflict in Ukraine cannot be considered just a “gift” for the military-industrial complex, which fell from the sky.

There is a lot of irrefutable evidence that the United States and its closest allies were preparing such a conflict and provoked its beginning in February of this year. Already during the war in Ukraine, at the end of March, American President Joe Biden requested from the US Congress for the next fiscal year (which will begin on October 1, 2022) allocations for defense, which in absolute terms are a record in the history of the country. US President Joe Biden presented to Congress a $5.79 trillion budget plan, which includes $813 billion in defense spending. Back in February, there were rumors that Biden could request nearly $800 billion in defense appropriations. The requested amount announced in Congress turned out to be more. Biden appealed to Congress with convincing arguments in favor of increasing military spending:

“I am calling for one of the largest investments in our national security in history with the allocation of funds necessary to ensure that our armed forces remain the most prepared, best trained and best equipped armed forces in the world. In addition, I call for continued investments to respond decisively to Putin’s aggression against Ukraine with the support of the United States to meet Ukraine’s economic, humanitarian and security needs.”

The “people’s deputies” were convinced by the arguments of the president, the amount of $ 813 billion was supported. As part of the defense budget for the next fiscal year, the Pentagon is planned to provide $773 billion. Another $40 billion will be received by the FBI, the Department of Energy and other agencies. Compared to the previous fiscal year, the defense budget was increased by $ 35 billion, or 4.5%. For reference, I note that Russia is more than an order of magnitude behind the United States in terms of military spending. According to SIPRI (Stockholm Institute for Peace and Disarmament) estimates, in 2021, the Russian Federation ranked fifth in the world in terms of military spending (after the United States, China, India and Great Britain), and its military spending was 11.7 times less than American. Already on February 27, after the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, NATO reported that the bloc countries were strengthening their “practical support” for Kiev. It was clarified that Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Czech Republic and Estonia have “already carried out or are claiming” large deliveries of military equipment to Ukrainian territory. It was known that even before the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, it had already received “critical weapons” from the alliance countries, including anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs). On February 7 , the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said:

“Ukraine is receiving enhanced… support today. The total volume in recent weeks and months has crossed the bar of $ 1.5 billion. The delivered weapons have a total weight of more than 1,000 tons. Record amounts of support are of great political importance. They strengthen Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table.”

At the beginning of this year, many already understood that the supply of weapons to Ukraine would inevitably result in a war. So, the popular TV presenter Tucker Carlson (Tucker Carlson) at the end of January on the air of his show on Fox News said: “Who benefits from Washington’s constant push for war with Russia? We don’t ask this question much. The US clearly has nothing to gain. And why do they do it? This is a difficult question. Arrogance, stupidity, psychological deviations of our leaders, massive bribery by Ukrainian politicians through lobbying, the military-industrial complex of America. All these factors play a role… the war with Russia is likely to be very profitable.” So, the US military-industrial complex, through its lobbyists in Washington, was actively preparing a war in Ukraine In March, former member of the lower house of the U.S. Congress Tulsi Gabbard (Tulsi Gabbard) in an interview with Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson said:

“In order to prevent a war in Ukraine, it was enough for Biden to guarantee its non-entry into NATO, but the American military-industrial complex does not need it. American military industrialists need tough sanctions against Moscow and need to start a cold war that will bring a lot of money.”

By the beginning of April, the shares of American military concerns had increased by 20-30% since the start of the special operation. According to analysts, the value of Lockheed Martin Corporation’s securities increased by 30% from January to March, Northrop Grumann and General Dynamics – by about 20%, Raytheon – by about 10%. But until February 24, the indices of shares of military-industrial complex companies showed no signs of growth or even sagged somewhat.

It is difficult to say how many weapons have come from the United States and other countries of the collective West to date

There are only fragmentary data. Here are just some selective messages on this topic. On February 26, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that he had authorized $350 million in military assistance, including “anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, small arms and ammunition of various calibers, body armor and related equipment.”

On March 20, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that “in total, the security assistance we provide to Ukraine amounts to more than $ 2 billion” and only “over the past two weeks we have provided Ukraine with military equipment worth more than $ 300 million,” and another “$ 800 million. The president recently signed “as a package of military assistance, adding that since 2014, our instructors have been in Ukraine, along with some of our other allies,” and the United States “not only provided equipment,” but Ukrainian servicemen “are ready to use this equipment as it is sent.”

In addition, he confirmed his readiness to assist Slovakia and Eastern European countries in sending S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine, noting, “we will continue to work with them and continue to work with other allies and partners to not only create conditions for the provision of such assistance, but also work to ensure that Kiev there was an opportunity to protect your sky in the future.”

On April 13, the United States announced that it would transfer $800 million in aid to Ukraine. In particular: 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 11 Mi-8 helicopters, 300 Switchblade UAVs, 500 Javelin missiles, 10 AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radars, 18 155 mm M777 howitzers.

On May 2, the US Department of Defense announced that it had been decided to transfer an additional 5,000 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Kiev.

On May 7, The Washington Post reported that the United States will send to Ukraine a package of military assistance with new types of weapons in the amount of $ 136 million. This assistance package will also include missiles that can be launched from helicopters, as well as Switchblade drones used for strikes against armored vehicles and infantry. In addition, the Pentagon will purchase Puma hand-held drones for Ukraine.

I think that the total amount of weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and its allies since the beginning of hostilities on February 24 is measured in several billion dollars. But this is just the beginning. Below I will talk about the latest initiatives of the US President and Congress, which should dramatically increase funding for assistance to Ukraine.

What is the fate of the weapons already delivered to Ukraine?

Some of it, as experts say, immediately goes to the “gray” and even “black” market. The final buyers of the product are not completely clear. Another part of the military supplies is destroyed by the Russian armed forces. Here, for example, is the information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on May 8.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 157 aircraft, 116 helicopters, 768 unmanned aerial vehicles, 298 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2933 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 336 multiple rocket launchers, 1411 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 2758 units of special military vehicles of Ukraine have been destroyed.

Of course, part of the destroyed equipment is property that Ukraine had before the start of the military operation (including Soviet-era weapons). But the old military property was mostly destroyed in the first month of hostilities. Currently, the “fresh” weapons imported in the last two and a half months are mostly being destroyed. Finally, the weapons that end up in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, often cannot be used effectively, because they are not familiar to the Ukrainian military.

But for those who supply weapons to Ukraine, it is not so important what the effectiveness of its use is. The main thing is that supplies are paid for, and that new orders are received for weapons. Military–industrial complex companies need protracted wars, or even better, eternal ones. With that said, it can be assumed that lobbyists of military companies in Washington will do everything possible to ensure that the military conflict in Ukraine continues as long as possible.

And in order for the conflict not to end, ultimately, it is necessary that the money does not run out. And although in the next fiscal year, as I noted above, the military budget will exceed $ 800 billion, the Pentagon, as a customer of weapons and military equipment, has to count the money.

After all, the lion’s share of the military budget goes to the maintenance of personnel (first of all, salaries), pensions for veterans, medical care for personnel and military pensioners, research and development, maintenance and repair of military equipment in service, construction of military facilities.

In the past years, the purchase of weapons and military equipment accounted for about 15-18 percent of the military budget. Consequently, it can be assumed that in the next fiscal year, the volume of military orders may amount to about 130-140 billion dollars.

Due to the sharp escalation of international tensions, the White House and the US Congress are calling for an urgent modernization of military equipment in the US armed forces. Taking into account the tasks of urgent and large-scale modernization, military appropriations for the fiscal year 2023, according to American experts, do not seem to be such astronomical amounts.

In early May, a video interview appeared with Dakota Wood, an employee of The Heritage Foundation Research Institute, dedicated to the state of the US armed forces (“Dakota Wood of the Heritage Foundation on the State of the U.S. Military”).

According to the expert, this condition causes concern, since most of the current military equipment – armored vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels – is hopelessly outdated mentally and physically. In addition, it has decreased quantitatively. Most of the equipment, the newspaper writes, was purchased in the 1980s – 90s, and the number of units of equipment decreased only due to wear by half or three times.

“We can lament these circumstances, but the fact remains that in the event of a major conflict, America will largely have to rely on its own military sources, and what it has to rely on is a shadow of what it had the last time Americans faced problems on a global scale.”, – the expert notes.

The conclusion suggests itself: America urgently needs to build up its military-technical potential – both quantitatively and especially qualitatively.

With this in mind, Ukraine is becoming an excellent outlet for the Pentagon: physically and morally obsolete equipment can be sent there during the modernization of the US armed forces (however, since the beginning of the year, it is mainly such military “junk” that comes from overseas to Ukraine). In part, the supply of military “junk” can be carried out in general by way of gratuitous assistance. Or rather, on the terms that were used by the Americans eighty years ago.

I am referring to the American lend-Lease program, which started in 1941. The main recipients of supplies under the lend-lease act were the countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the USSR. All deliveries were paid for by the US Treasury. Some of them (food, clothing, medicines) were provided as gratuitous assistance. The costs of supplying other goods had to be paid, and with sufficient installments. To do this, the US could even provide long-term (sometimes interest-free) loans.

Finally, military and civilian property preserved in good and satisfactory condition was subject to return to the United States after the end of the war. The USSR paid for the American lend-lease for a very long time. The last lend-lease obligations were already fulfilled by the Russian Federation as the legal successor of the Soviet Union in 2006.

And this year, the US Congress urgently held hearings on the law launching the lend-lease program for Ukraine. On May 9, President Joe Biden signed the law. It should give an impetus to military supplies to Ukraine.

In parallel, the US Congress is currently discussing the issue of allocating additional funds to help Ukraine within the current budget. The request was made by US President Joe Biden in the amount of $ 33 billion, but the “people’s deputies” took the initiative and added another $ 7 billion. 368 congressmen voted in support of the initiative in the lower house of Congress (57 against).

Now the bill will be submitted to the Senate of the Congress. If approved, the document will be handed over to Biden for signature. Approximately two-thirds of this amount is intended to pay for military supplies. And this means that America will be able to supply weapons to Ukraine by about an order of magnitude more than what has already been delivered in two and a half months.

I suspect that the unexpected generosity of the “people’s deputies” on the issue of assistance to Ukraine is due to plans that are being discussed behind the scenes and have not yet been widely made public. The essence of these plans is extremely simple – to confiscate Russian foreign exchange reserves, which were frozen by the collective West in late February – early March. And then the confiscated resources should be sent to help Ukraine.

By the way, they expect to confiscate not only the foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation, but also the assets of Russian and individuals. While they are also frozen. There are no exact estimates of the value of such frozen assets around the world. But there are quite a few fragmentary assessments.

Thus, the European Union has prepared a certificate on the seized Russian assets as of April 5 based on the data provided by the EU member states, but not all. There is no general assessment methodology, each country considered in its own way. In total , it turned out 36.3 billion . euro (or almost 40 billion dollars). France was the leader – 23.6 billion. euro (65% of the total amount). Followed by (billion Euro): Belgium – 10.0; Italy – 1.16; Ireland – 0.84; Netherlands – 0.52.

And here is a statement by the British Foreign Minister Liz Truss (Elizabeth Truss). On March 24, she boasted that since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, London has frozen Russian assets worth 500 billion. British pounds, including 150 billion pounds – the property of Russian oligarchs.

Experts believe that the figures named by Liz Truss are overstated. Most likely, she was referring to the amount of assets that London could potentially freeze. But in general, today, according to many experts, the value of frozen assets of Russian individuals and legal entities has at least equaled the value of frozen foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation. And, most likely, has already exceeded them. This means that the collective West has a potential resource of at least 600-700 billion dollars.

By the way, Kiev almost the day after the freezing of Russian reserves loudly demanded that they be sent to help Ukraine. Throughout March and the first half of April, the United States and its allies reacted poorly to these calls from Kiev. Of course, the collective West from the very beginning wanted not to “freeze” (block, arrest), but to confiscate (expropriate, steal) Russian reserves. But he could not do this for a simple reason – the current legislation did not allow it to be done. It contained norms prohibiting outright theft and shameless robbery.

Both in the United States and in Europe, “people’s deputies” are working hard to amend the current legislation that would allow the expropriation of Russian reserves, and then direct them to the cause of victory in Ukraine. Both in the Old and in the New World expect that by the beginning of summer the legislative base for expropriation will be created. Then both the USA and Europe will have a lot of money that can be directed to the noble goals of the fight against the “Russian barbarians”.

According to approximate estimates, out of $300 billion of Russian foreign exchange reserves that were “frozen”, about $100 billion was frozen by Washington. The European Union has blocked reserves denominated in euros, which is the equivalent of more than $150 billion. Accordingly, the New World expects “production” of $ 100 billion, and the Old World – $ 150 billion.

The rest of the frozen reserves are in pounds sterling, yen and other reserve currencies. Accordingly, Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia, Switzerland can claim the remaining part of the “Russian bear skin”.

With that said, the collective West, as it were, allocates money in advance for assistance (mainly military) to Ukraine. Bearing in mind that later, after the expropriation of Russian reserves, they will be able to compensate for the costs incurred. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki openly stated on April 22 that it was necessary not to wait for the expropriation of Russian assets, but to immediately start collecting money to secure these assets. Specifically, he proposed to issue bonds secured by frozen funds of Russia and citizens of the Russian Federation:

“These funds should be used today. And if the confiscation cannot be carried out quickly, for example, in Poland we adopt a special law for this, then you can wait, and at this time issue bonds. The European Commission has no problems with the issue of bonds. And later these bonds will be quickly repaid with confiscated funds of the Russian Federation and Russian oligarchs.”

It seems that the idea of the Polish prime minister was heard in Brussels

The European Commission announced plans to issue new EU debt obligations to cover the needs of Ukraine. This was reported on May 9 by the European edition of the American newspaper Politico. According to the newspaper, these needs are estimated at 15 billion. euro in the next three months.

Due to the issue of debt securities, the EU expects to collect 10 billion. euros (the remaining 5 billion should be provided by the United States). The draft release of obligations is scheduled to be published on May 18. It is clear that the bonds will have to be repaid. Apparently, by the time the maturity date comes, Brussels expects that the confiscation of Russian assets will occur and money will be in abundance.

It is clear that the beneficiary of all these “assistance” schemes, ultimately, will not be Ukraine, but the “collective West”. And more specifically, Western military companies, whose accounts will receive billions of stolen Russian money. We are dealing with a symbiosis of dubious business and outright robbery.

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In 2017, among young people from 16 to 24 years of age, the main age group of recruits, only 11% expressed a desire to join the army. Almost every third of them were refused because of too high body mass index.

According to major General Jeffrey Phillips, retired, the us army spends more than $ 1.5 billion annually on treating obese soldiers and looking for those willing to replace them.

China: junk food and Masturbation

Too much junk food and Masturbation. This verdict was delivered to the Chinese army by the official newspaper of the people’s liberation army of China. Poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle and… self – satisfaction-for these reasons, recruits can not pass the test of physical training necessary for service in the army. “This is due to prolonged sitting at the computer, frequent Masturbation and lack of physical activity,” – said in the published material.

Despite the lax requirements for conscripts, in 2017 at least 20% of recruits were rejected because of excess weight. Some military could not even complete the five-kilometer cross-country race.
Iran: overweight

According to the site Globalfirepower.org that specializiruetsya for the defence of the Iranian army has about half a million soldiers. However, according to a study by BMC Public Health, 13% of the military are obese and 41% overweight.

UK: harmful Goodies

In November last year, the British media and poured puns about the excess weight of the soldiers. The reason was the information that the troops stationed in Katerinska garrison, the largest military base in the North of England, was under close surveillance. It all started with the fact that the military was forbidden to go to a snack in a local cafe Gregg’s, which is known for its flour products.

The media got information about the concern of the military command in an unsightly way of the British defender, eating all sorts of harmful Goodies. Around the same time, the Ministry of defense released figures according to which, almost 10% of the military are obese. At the same time, the British army faces significant financial costs. Lord McCall, surgeon and part-time member of the house of lords, said that because of the military overweight will soon have to redo ejection seats in airplanes and emergency hatches in submarines.

India: obesity fines

According to studies conducted in 2016, a third of Indian soldiers are overweight. In April last year, the local army established strict rules aimed at combating obesity. For example, now the military overweight will not be promoted and involved in diplomatic missions. In the future, it is planned to carry out random and unscheduled inspections, as well as to fine those who weigh 10% more than the norm.

“We do not want our men to suffer from diseases caused by obesity. Moreover, the presence of such military is bad for the effectiveness of the army in the field,” the Indian officer said in an interview with India Today.

Spain: open shirts and overweight

La Legion, Spain’s famous elite infantry regiment, made headlines last year not only because of the open shirts worn by its employees.

As a result of the mandatory check of the body mass index of three thousand soldiers found that 6% of them are obese. They had to go on a special diet.

South Africa: narrow belt and extended waist

The latest statistics collected by the Military health service in 2012 showed that about 10% of South Africa’s military are obese. Experts warn that this threatens the country’s combat readiness.

“From the regular army, consisting of 76 thousand men and women, from a medical point of view, only 10% are suitable for service. This means that, given the rotation and the need for training, no more than 2 thousand people are at the permanent disposal,” Greg mills, Director of the defense Department of the Brenthurst Foundation, told South African news portal Daily Maverick.

Mexico: early retirement

In the fight against obesity, the Mexican authorities in 2015 prematurely dismissed more than 1,300 employees and ordered another 12 thousand to lose weight and get in shape.

According to a report published by the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) in the Same year, Mexico ranked second out of 35 countries in the number of obese people (32.4% of the population). Ahead of it only the United States (38.2%).

Russia-dismissal

In Russia, a particularly obese military may face suspension from service. As reported by the media in 2017, servicemen with obesity of the fourth degree were offered to be dismissed, and with obesity of the third degree – to transfer to equal positions away from the front line.

But there are no official open statistics on how many people and whether they were dismissed from military service because of obesity.

Why is this such a big problem?

Taking into account physical training and constant training, the military must be in better shape than the ordinary population of the country. However, there are many cases where this principle does not work. According to the findings of many scientific studies, the military are more likely to find themselves in stressful and life-threatening situations, more prone to constant lack of sleep, and all these factors lead to poor nutrition.

Whatever it was, one thing is obvious: excess weight is a serious enemy of the armed forces.

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They are, according to American researchers of the secret war, defined as a competitive interaction between and within States. It is “characterized by the complexity of the nature of the conflict, the secrecy of the parties involved, the uncertainty of the political mechanisms and the legal framework”.

Regarding the uncertainty of the legal basis of the war in the GZ, the dialogue at the hearings in the us Congress at the end of 2015 on the us campaign against ISIS (a banned organization in Russia) is indicative. Congressman R. Forbes asked the then Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff J. Danford: “you have heard the Minister of defence both in writing and verbally stating that we are in a state of war. Who declared this war?”. There was no clear answer. Official statements all the more.

According to the expert John. Nifela, the American leadership believes that after the terrorist attacks “9/11” the United States is at war, although it is not formally declared. Its legal basis was not fixed by an official statement of the Congress, which, however, in 2001 authorized the use of military force, which since then has been the justification for any military action by the US armed forces against the is.

The law permits the use of the army, but does not specify the specific location and level of use. Not named criteria to classify the fighting in a particular region to the category of armed conflict. It is unknown who is considered an ally of the Islamists, and who “moderate opposition”. In other words, the GCC is a war without norms and restrictions, which unleashes the us hands to commit any crimes.

According to Nifel, “the outdated binary model of’ war-peace ‘ can be discarded forever. Now we live in a Gray area. The American counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, conducted mainly with the help of drones, also provides for secret actions of armed mercenaries, such as Raymond Davis, carried out on the instructions of the special services.”

Wild geese and goats

This is a sensational story in its time. A former member of the us special operations forces with ten years of experience, Davis after his dismissal from the armed forces became a PMK mercenary, performing tasks under contracts with the CIA and the Pentagon. Spying and crossing the red line. In January 2011, he killed two Pakistan intelligence officers who were following him.

The media reported on the participation of Davis in subversive actions in the territory of this country, possibly associated with a wave of terrorist attacks, which resulted in the destabilization of the Central leadership. The authorities arrested and prosecuted 45 Pakistanis allied with Davis a permanent relationship. The subversive activities of 30 us citizens conducting covert operations in Pakistan were uncovered. However, by this time a large group of “quiet Americans” had already left the country.

Davis was taken under protection by the us President. Obama motivated this by the fact that “broader principles are at stake, which we must adhere to.” The state Department immediately demanded that Islamabad release Davis. Us national security adviser Tom Donilon told the Pakistani Ambassador that if he refused, he would lose his post. Sources in the Pakistani foreign Ministry reported that President Zardari categorically demanded the release of Davis. The murder happened in January, in March the American was released. The lawyer of relatives of the victims said that they were forced to agree with this decision.

It is known that Davis first worked in a private military company Blackwater, then moved to PMC Hyperion.

Pakistan’s interior Minister said after the scandal, ” No foreign security company will be allowed to work in Pakistan anymore.” This can be considered the official position of Islamabad. Former adviser to the Prime Minister for national security, General M. Durani, confirmed, referring to the leadership of the armed forces and intelligence: “the case of Davis concluded that foreign inclusion in the security sphere works exclusively against our vital national interests.”

In such circumstances, Pakistan has decided to leave the largest multinational military and security company G4S with headquarters in the United States and the UK. According to Reuters, it operates in 120 countries and employs 623,000 people. The number of G4S personnel on the territory of Pakistan at that time was 15 000 people, the majority – former military. However, there was information that the company leaves the country only in words. In fact, it will simply be re-registered as a citizen of Pakistan.

G4S became famous for a series of high-profile scandals

Omar Matin, the shooter who slaughtered the Orlando gay club, was an employee of this company. In 2013 and 2014, he was interrogated by the FBI on suspicion of links with terrorists, but the G4S did not pay any attention to it. The company has long enjoyed notoriety. It is known that its staff beat and raped detained migrants, held children in solitary confinement and tortured prisoners around the world.

American journalists specializing in the study of terrorism in the United States, came to the conclusion that mass murder in public places, as a rule, satisfied managed on the basis of the program MK-Ultra (mind control) arrows, which in the jargon of the security services called “scapegoats”. Complex research in this area was supervised by the CIA in cooperation with the Pentagon. They were customers of developments and suppliers of “human material” for experiments.

From the publications of American experts on terrorism, it is concluded that terror is carried out through mercenaries recruited and trained by the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries, and is aimed at inciting fear among the population to force it to meekly agree to the transformation of America into a police state. And to make this regime the Foundation of an emerging global Empire.

An important part of the megamachine dealing with the problem of control and manipulation of consciousness, became Tavistock Institute in England. The expert in the field of communication D. Estulin in the book about this institution writes: “the Process of creating a new fascist political order, according to the Tavistock model, had to go through the following stages:

1. Destroy the existing constitutional and democratic institutions… The planned uprising of gangs and counter-gangs with the participation of police-controlled terrorist organizations creates a political environment in which the population will be more willing to tolerate or even demand the strengthening of the military police regime, that is, the creation of the police regime with a “democratic” face.

2. By overthrowing, killing, military intervention or “spontaneous” popular uprising to eliminate regimes that have ceased to be useful, and replace them with “democratic” governments. Appointed “democratic” rulers will be able to function only within the framework that will be established for them by representatives of supranational authorities.”

Terror is an effective means of manipulating mass consciousness and establishing a global fascist order with the full consent of the masses, exerting a powerful stressful effect. This topic was part of an experiment conducted by Brigadier General John Reese, head of the Tavistock Institute. L. Marcus in the magazine Campaign for April 1974, writes:

“If the controller is able to properly take advantage of the stressful situation, he will be able to encourage the victims on their own, “democratic” way to establish for themselves the very restrictions that the dictator would like to impose on them.” In this sense, the United States has become the main testing ground for technologies of aggressive manipulation of mass consciousness.

The terrorist attack “9/11” in the United States allowed the authorities to establish unprecedented restrictions in the field of rights and freedoms, which previously did not know American history. He was instrumental in the formation in the mass consciousness of the population of America the full support of the rate of suicide for his permanent global war.

Divide and conquer!

Any terrorist attack is designed to create a situation of stress, the benefits of which are derived by those who organized the attack. The answer to the question about Orlando, who benefits, leads to thinking about different interest groups. The famous American writer P. K. Roberts lists:

“This is beneficial to the anti-Islamic lobby and trump’s company, which offers to deport Muslims from the United States. This is beneficial to the lobby, advocating the prohibition of weapons. It is beneficial to the left that wish to present as the norm for gays and transgender people and after killing them awaken people’s sympathy for them. It’s in the hands of the spy industry and the police state, who want to keep an eye on everyone. This is in the hands of Washington’s foreign policy aimed at killing, which gets grounds for justifying its actions under the pretext: if you do not interfere, then Islamic children, look what they will do to us when they grow up. This is in the interest of the neoconservatives and the military complex, including the security sector, who need a war against Muslims, promoting their agenda and filling their wallets.”

There is an artificial fragmentation of the population into groups and the cultivation of differences between them: local residents – migrants, fascists – their opponents, LGBT homophobes… In parallel, they are set off, including with the help of provocations and terrorist attacks (such as Orlando), organized by us intelligence agencies with the help of PMCs.

Investigative journalist L.Wolf writes: “The Nazi state was a product of the same financial and political circles that today control the so-called media and television. Forget about what you’re told on TV about the circumstances of Hitler’s rise to power: the path was cleared by the same oligarchs who are now paying brainwashers to create television programs. In the post-world war I period, the economic policies of this international elite contributed to the strengthening of Germany. Hitler’s Nazis were funded and supported as a political option, and then, in 1932-1933, they were helped to take power. In many ways, it would be right to view the Nazi period as an experiment in mass brainwashing and social control. This experiment was based on the desire to create a new world order…»
The fact that transnational PMCs are involved in mass killings and terrorist attacks is a well-known fact. In the tragedy in California’s San Bernardino in December 2015 featured another contractor of the Pentagon and the CIA-Craft International. As a result of the attack on the regional center for disabled people, 14 people were killed and 21 injured. During the shooting, police arrested suspects in the shooting Sayed Farouk and Tashfeen Malik. Police said they were connected to radical Islamists.

American expert on terrorism S. Kelly, who worked in the past under the contract for the CIA and the NSA, called the attack operation under a false flag and accused it of carrying out Craft International. In an interview with PressTV Kelly said:

“This is another episode in a long chain of operations under the false flag, which, I’m afraid, did not end… People who saw everything that was happening told that the shooters were three tall white men in black shirts, khaki pants and army boots. The description exactly coincides with the form of employees of PMC Craft International, who are involved in many operations under a false flag… The couple that was accused was radicalized, and there’s no doubt the NSA and the FBI were watching them the whole time. But instead of preventing them from committing a crime, they were raised specifically to be used for that purpose. They became scapegoats like so many others.”

Another terrorist attack, where there is a trace of PMCs Craft International, was committed during the Boston marathon. April 15, 2013 at the finish line two explosions, killing three people. On the night of April 19 in the suburbs of Boston, police detained a man suspected of committing a terrorist attack. It was Tamerlan tsarnaev. He, who did not resist, was wounded by the police, and soon he died in one of the local hospitals. His younger brother Johar was put on the wanted list. In the evening of the same day found it. During the arrest, he was wounded in the neck and lost the ability to speak. During the court hearings, Dzhokhar tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to any of the charges.

In the field of view of the media were at least five mercenaries in the form of Craft International with large backpacks behind him, who were in the area of the attack on the eve of the explosion. Fragments of the bag where the alleged explosive device, published by the FBI photos are identical to the material of the same backpacks.

By the way, the FBI, who arrested the Tsarnaev brothers, died after falling out of the helicopter during the “training session”. On the eve of the Boston marathon in strange circumstances was killed by the owner of Craft International Chris Kyle. Then, on may 22 during questioning by the FBI shot an acquaintance of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Ibrahim Todasheva.

As Colonel J. pointed out. Hanks, who held high positions in U.S. military intelligence and NATO intelligence agencies, “Boston is only one of five such cases in the United States. These things are definitely false flag operations, and I think it’s a lot more serious than you think.”

In his opinion, there is a split within the political and governmental structures of the United States, and the operation under the false flag in Boston was prepared and conducted under the leadership of intelligence agencies of global subordination. The American journalist John. Mazza notes that the CIA has fingerprints on the entire terrorist attack in Boston.

PMC – the shadow of the CIA

American publicist D. Lindorf writes about the relationship of PMCs Craft International with the Pentagon and the CIA: “Private military companies recruit personnel from the ranks of the American and foreign special operations forces, which are usually closely linked to the Pentagon and the CIA. Craft International is no exception.”

It is not surprising that the global Corporation G4S has strong ties with the American and British intelligence services. Its branch is the company Wackenhut, which maintains a particularly close relationship with the us government and especially with the security services. Its Board of Directors traditionally includes former heads of the Pentagon, the FBI and the CIA.

American expert J. Canoli in the work on “shadow CIA” noticed that the Wackenhut business “includes the protection of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, or oil pipelines in Alaska, US embassies… And the company at the time, organized a revolt in Venezuela.” On the question of what is the activity of PMCs, a former agent W. Hinsho said:”in the circles of our industry, everyone knows: if you need to do the dirty work, call Wackenhut.”

Berkmans, who worked in the CIA and in Wackenhut, after leaving this PMC told about the contract, according to which the Central intelligence Agency received permission to use the offices of PMC around the world as a cover for intelligence activities.

Terrorism expert W. Corbett, who was a CIA analyst, confirms this close connection: “for Years, Wackenhut has been involved in the activities of the CIA and other intelligence agencies. Wackenhut allowed the CIA to hold positions within the company to conduct covert operations under this roof. Wackenhut also extracted intelligence information and supplied intelligence data. For these services, she has received government orders for billions of dollars for years.”

U.S. intelligence officer S. Bennett, who worked under a contract with the largest private intelligence company – the main contractor of the CIA Booz Allen Hamilton, in an interview with the Common Sense Show accused the PMCs and the us defense Ministry that they are involved in secret operations to Finance terrorism through the Swiss Bank. Bennett with the help of the employee of the Bank Union Bank of Switzerland brad Birkenfeld managed to find and track the grandiose program of financing of terrorists of IG. It, along with the CIA and the NSA, included Swiss banks and PMCs Booz Allen Hamilton. Bennett considers is as a hybrid terrorist organization, artificially created by the CIA during a special operation.

Transnational PMCs and CRCs are called mercenaries of the shadow government in the United States, eager to power over the world of the global elite, which builds its global Empire on the ruins of the States destroyed by it. The main goal is to turn the world into a concentration camp. It is no coincidence that the official motto of Craft International is “Violence solves problems”.

Taking into account the above – mentioned transnational PMCs, we can conclude that they are the subjects of a secret war in the Gray zone in the interests of the world elite. The goal is the destabilization of States, their destruction and the creation of a global Empire on their ruins. The main target in this war was Russia, as the main obstacle in this way.

Offices of PMC Booz Allen Hamilton, G4S, Wackenhut are open and work in Moscow and St. Petersburg. They advise managers and provide services in a variety of areas – from the environment and the economy to nuclear and defense technologies, conduct investigations and organize the personal safety of their clients.

On the Russian site HeadHunter posted jobs with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. From the description of the company’s activities: “the Firm helps the government and commercial customers to solve their most complex problems related to services in the field of strategy, operations, organization, transformation and information technology”.

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