Contents tagged with yunarmia

  • Russian Defense Ministry: 2,500 schoolchildren joined ‘Youth Army’ movement in Crimea

    In annexed Sevastopol, more than 2,500 students became members of the Russian military-patriotic movement Yunarmy, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 9.

    "To date, the leader in military-patriotic education... located on the territory of the Southern Military District, is the Stavropol Krai, which has recruited about three thousand students. Second place is occupied by Sevastopol with over 2.5 thousand and third place is …

  • Germany disturbed by Russian plans to build replica of Reichstag near Moscow

    The German authorities have considered strange Russian plans to recreate a scaled-down version of the Reichstag building for war games in a Moscow suburb.

    While speacking at the State Duma, Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu announced that there would be a reduced scale model of the Reichstag built in a park in the town of Kubinka near Moscow. According to the Minister, the layout is designed to help train members of the Yunarmia (the Youth Army).

    "Germany would not have to build something like …