Under Sergey Shoygu, the Ministry of Defense looks more and more like MChS.
Shoygu’s apparently decided to put his senior civilian officials in uniform.
Tsalikov and Borisov Sport New Civilian Uniforms With Light Colored Epaulettes (photo: Mil.ru)
Deputy Defense Ministers Ruslan Tsalikov and Yuriy Borisov were photographed in their new apparel during last week’s conference on the results of the most recent surprise readiness evaluation.
Tsalikov gets to wear four army general stars given his title as “Actual Privy Councillor 1st Class.”
At the tank biathlon in Alabino, Tatyana Shevtsova and Anatoliy Antonov were caught wearing theirs at the right edge of this photo.
Antonov and Shevtsova in Uniform (photo: Rbc.ru)
Like Tsalikov, Shevtsova (who somehow managed to hang on after Serdyukov’s demise) also wears four stars based on her civilian rank.
It looks a bit like either the USAF or the starship Enterprise has come to visit.
At any rate, Izvestia wrote about the new uniforms. It notes the zippered jackets look like MChS, and are supposed to be more comfortable work-a-day attire for civilians and military men alike. But one anonymous senior officer said the material feels like overalls, and he’s generally not won over at this point.
Russian Defense Policy 