russian president vladimir putin signs order to expand russian military personnel to 1.5 million
2024-09-17
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china news service, moscow, september 16. russian president vladimir putin signed an order on "determining the personnel establishment of the armed forces of the russian federation" on the 16th, requiring an increase of 180,000 military personnel to 1.5 million in the russian armed forces' establishment from december 1, 2024.
according to the kremlin website, the presidential decree requires that the russian federation armed forces have a staffing of 2,389,130 people, including 1.5 million military personnel (non-civilian personnel).
the presidential decree also requires the russian federal government to allocate the budgetary appropriations required for the implementation of the order from the federal budget to the russian ministry of defense. the presidential decree will take effect on december 1, 2024. after the new presidential decree takes effect, the presidential decree "on determining the personnel establishment of the russian federation armed forces" that took effect on december 1, 2023 will be declared invalid.
according to tass, according to the presidential decree that will take effect on december 1, 2023, the russian federation armed forces will have a staff of 2,209,130 people, including 1.32 million military personnel. (end)
