Maltsev Leonid Semyonovich was born on August 29, 1949 in Belarus. He graduated from the Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1971, the Frunze Military Academy in 1979, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces. He served as a platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander, and head of a training center. In 1992, he was appointed First Deputy Commander of the army, and since 1993-Corps commander. Since 1994-Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. In 1995, he became the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. In March 1997, by a decision of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member States, he was appointed First Deputy Chief of Staff for Coordination of military cooperation of the CIS member States. Married. Has two children. We all came out, as they say, from the Soviet overcoat. Therefore, it is not surprising that the very young armies of the newly independent states are very similar to each other in many ways: in equipment and weapons, in the organization of service, in the moral situation in military collectives. We have a lot of similar problems and unresolved issues. In particular, I am convinced that the state of military discipline and law and order cannot but concern the leadership of perhaps all the newly formed Armed Forces of the CIS countries, without exception. I decided to share some observations on this issue with a focus on the experience of working in the army of the Republic of Belarus on the pages of Orientir. This problem, of course, is far from new, but today it is one of the most acute for military collectives. Its manifestation is also expressed in the form of a destabilizing factor that disrupts the normal functioning of the state military organization. Speaking in terms of facts, recently there has been an increase in serious crimes related to the theft of weapons and ammunition, ... Читать далее