Russian Armed Forces Ordered to Increase Manpower to 1.9 Mln Personnel in July
09:32 29.03.2017(updated 10:16 29.03.2017)
The Russian Armed Forces have been ordered to expand its manpower to nearly two million by midyear, over a million of them service members, a decree published on the government online portal of legal information Wednesday states.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The previous decree established an 1.88-million-strong Russian Armed Forces with 1 million service members.
"Establish the manpower of the Russian Armed Forces: from January 1, 2017, numbering 1,897,694 units, including 1,013,628 servicemen; from July 1, 2017, numbering 1,903,051 units, including 1,013,628 servicemen," the decree reads.
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