In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation a new structure has appeared-the military-political administration. The duties of this unit will include a reflection of Western attempts to discredit our country and the army, the upper house of parliament. The imminent creation of such a structure in the army became known as early as February of this year. It was supposed to be organized on the basis of the Main Directorate for Work with Personnel (GURLS) of the RF Armed Forces. On Monday, July 30, it became known that the department was headed by the former commander of troops in Syria and the ex-commander of the Western Military District, Andrei Kartapolov. The fact that the Ministry of Defense needed a new unit, said the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev. According to him, the administration will neutralize the pernicious influence of Western culture in the army. "The main military-political department of the Ministry of Defense is important for ensuring national security. Our Western enemies are doing much to discredit the image of Russia and the Russian army - we must give such attempts a worthy rebuff, create a healthy counterweight, "- quoted Senator RIA Novosti,. No one is engaged in the patriotic education of soldiers and officers, but it should be, Bondarev believes.. In fact, he advocates the revival of the institution of political scientists in the army. "In the Soviet era, the corresponding military-political structure was. This tradition needs to be revived. The decision to create the main military-political administration of the Defense Ministry is correct and timely, "the politician noted.. Of course, the defenders of the fatherland already have phenomenal moral stability. They will not succumb to any tricks of overseas provocateurs. However, the insidious enemy does not sleep. "Life and geopolitics are giving us new challenges, to which we must be prepared. And now, to form a systematic approach to moral and moral, ideological, and patriotic education, "concluded a member of the Federation Council. The former head of the Main Department for International Military Cooperation of the Defense Ministry Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov added to this that the military and political administration will engage in political training of servicemen to participate in modern hybrid wars, especially its information-psychological component. "Now without a powerful scheme of political education and ideological education, the army can not be built.

Therefore, the focus of political educational work on a powerful ideological basis. The ideology lies in the fact that the existing world is unstable, Russia has come out in the West with opponents. The task of the management is to explain to the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that a lot of levers are used to undermine the moral character of the RF Armed Forces - from cyber-systems to information propaganda, "the expert said in an interview with RIA Novosti,.