Russia has outlined new plans for a wartime government regime, the Izvestia newspaper reported Tuesday.
The country's wartime strategy was fine-tuned following special military exercises, the newspaper wrote.
In the event of war, local governments, regional branches of the Interior Ministry, Emergencies Ministry, the Federal Security Service (FSB), and much of the National Guard, will now report directly to the military.
Previous plans had seen regional offices work independently and in partnership with local military forces, Izvestia wrote.
The new command scheme
is hoped to mobilize citizens,
businesses and factories more effectively, as well as protect local
industry from enemy sabotage.
Russia
launched a four-day civil defense exercise on
Tuesday last week, involving some
40 million people across
the country. The annual drills have been held since 2012, and test
emergency contingency plans.
