Putin criticized Ivanov for the form of Russian troops

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the problems of the rear of the Armed Forces and the entire military component.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Anatoly Kvashnin and the head of the rear, Deputy Minister of Defense Vladimir Isakov.

Opening the meeting, Vladimir Putin said: "We talked a lot about the need to modernize the entire military component - how is this done?"

Answering this question, the Minister of Defense said: “This year, in terms of rear support, we went without special shocks and emergency. Food supply was organized systematically, the Ministry of Finance allocates all funds on time, there are no problems.

As for clothing, in terms of form, the problem exists here. This problem has existed for not the first year, and we have accepted an unpopular, but the only right decision at the college. We submitted an proposal to the government to consider that the dismissed military personnel be provided with military uniforms in material form, and not in monetary, since such funds are not allocated to us.

As for the transport, the situation is prosperous this year, the summer season of vacations without any breakdowns has passed, the vast majority of military personnel were able to go on vacation. This year we began to switch to an interdepartmental, unified rear support system. To do this, we have connected all other ministries and the power plan and their rear services, organize centralized and regional purchases of food and fuel. This allows us to save significantly financial resources and, in particular, in particular, in the Moscow division we conduct an experiment: we propose part of the rear functions to carry out civil structures. We are talking about food security, bath-lane. This brings a certain relief of the load on the budget. "

The head of state drew attention to the clothing allowance of military personnel. "The military should be dressed normally. They must have the applied uniform at the right time and the right quality. There is a budget and the department of the department - how to distribute funds inside this budget. It is clear that the country in general and the Ministry of Defense, in particular, has more problems than it seems to us at first glance. But there are such things of an elementary nature that cannot be noticed. I have met with young officers - they all go in field form. This disorder ".