ARMENIAN EXPERT: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT’S INITIATIVE IS OF LEGAL CHARACTER

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
11.08.2009 13:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RF President’s initiative of introducing a bill
on deploying RF armed forces beyond Russia’s borders is of legal
character. It is aimed at preventing legislative loopholes in case
of using Russian troops beyond RF borders, Ruben Mehrabyan, military
expert from Armenian Center for Political and International Research,
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s bill on introducing amendments to
the law "On Defense" concerns the procedures of using the country’s
armed forces beyond its borders. Amendments aim to "create a legal
mechanism enabling President to make effective use of RF armed forces
detachments beyond Russian borders."

President will be probably vested with the right to be the sole
decision maker in the sphere for repelling attacks against Russian
troops deployed beyond the country’s borders, repelling or preventing
aggression against another state, protecting RF citizens, combating
piracy and ensuring security of sailing vessels. Formerly, President
had to obtain Federation Council’s consent for deploying armed forces
beyond RF borders.