Moscow

September 16, 2005

Russia is to reduce the number of university military training departments as part of a move to improve the recruitment of an educated officer class, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced. Military departments will be retained at 35 leading universities, compared with the 229 currently open to students who sign up as reservists.

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