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(From The Moscow Times)
Two weeks ago, in a column devoted to the memory of murdered State Duma Deputy Sergei Yushenkov, I mentioned a round-table discussion titled "The Army and Society," organized by the magazine Vek XX i Mir in May 1988. When the transcript of that round table was published, it helped to spur a nationwide discussion of military reform.
This month we have reason to be proud. For 15 years now, journalists and politicians in Russia have been freely discussing the necessity of military reform. Scant progress has been made on implementing reforms during that time, it must be said. But the 15th anniversary of the Vek XX i Mir round table has …