This thesis aims at furthering an understanding of Russian military culture in the 21st century. This is approached by using Soviet military theorist Georgij Isserson’s work on Deep Operations and applying it to a modern context. The research employs a qualitative text analysis as method and uses the cases of the Georgian war of 2008 and the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and to examine if these two wars were conducted in accordance with the theory. The results of the study show that the Georgian case corresponds moderately, while the Crimean case corresponds highly, leading to the suggestion that the Russian armed forces of the 21st century possibly still connects to its preceding Soviet culture. This thesis contributes with an increased understanding of the understudied phenomenon of Russian military culture.