ABSTRACT
Both during and after the Mukachevo debacle the General Staff were angered and frustrated - the Russians have inherited the feeling - by the influence of pressure groups, many of which clearly held fervent anti-military views. Under the influences of glasnost, perestroika and democratization the military had reluctantly to acknowledge it was no longer possible simply to ignore public opinion. In consequence, by
THE BILATERAL APPROACH
AIR DEFENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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