On March 21, 1989, the executive order was released On Reducing the Armed Forces of the USSR and Defense Expenses in 1989-1990, As a result, the troops decreased by 500,000 personnel while defense expenses were cut by 14.2 percent. Lieutenant A. Trofimovov resigned his commission.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 06.09.1990
- Date published: 06.09.2021
- Author: Sergey Samokhin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 90-66, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x5488px, 6.1Mb