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Newsweek: How Big Is the Russian Army? Putin Wants a Million Troops in his Military
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants more than 1 million troops in his armed forces as of next year—a demand that could obscure the military’s actual strengths and weaknesses.
The Russian leader signed a decree published on the country’s state law database, which set the target for Russia’s military personnel at 1,013,628. The total target figure for staff including civilian support personnel, set to come into force by January 2018, exceeds 1.9 million.
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WNU Editor: The draft makes reaching this number easier .... but the Russian military still has a long way to go before it reaches that one million mark.
