Ensuring the Political Loyalty of the Russian Soldier.

The article discusses that Russian president Vladimir Putin has placed patriotic renewal at the top of the Kremlin's agenda. It mentions the Russian Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced the reintroduction of the Main Military Political Directorate (MPD) into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It also mentions that in the Soviet military, trained political officers were assigned down to the company level to inculcate Marxist-Leninist dogma.