The Russian Defense Industry Was Always Good At

In 19 94, boriselzin ordered troops into ne to crush an independence movement. The war lasted for 20 months and Russia lost. It was humiliated. When vladimir putin became president in the year two thousand the need for military reform was on his mind. And this also then coincided with the recovery of the russian economy. High oil and gas prices meant that the rustial economy became stronger and stronger between two thousand up til that local economic crisis in two thousand and eight. This made it financially possible to push through a modernization programme by two thousand and 8Putin was prime minister, and the reform was under way by october. So what they have been very successful,