MOSCOW, July 12 (AVN) - The Russian Armed Forces are completing swearing in the rookies, a source in the Defence Ministry told the Military News Agency.
According to the source within the period between April 1 and June 30 190,000 people were enrolled to the Armed Forces and other military formations. Despite the fact that the draft campaign was going on against the background of the Chechnya hostilities this did not affect the work of draft commissions and recruit stations. The number of citizens ready to protect their country from outer aggression as well as restore the constitutional order in Russia did not decrease much in comparison with 1999.
The Defence Ministry is conducting annual polls trying to find out the attitude of the servicemen towards the hostilities. According to the results of the polls, 40 percent of the questioned have a positive attitude towards the possible participation in the operation on restoring the constitutional order in the country. 15 percent are negative about the idea. Over 57 percent of the polled have expressed their readiness to participate in the peacekeeping operations in the CIS territories. 12 percent reject such plans. Over 60 percent of the polled are ready to protect their fatherland from outer aggression, on the other hand, as many as 11 percent of the polled said they were not ready for that.