• Music: Brian Delgado - Unknown | Epic Heroic Orchestral Music • Social network: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNx4... • Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции Medium emblem of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (27.01.1997-present).svg Emblem of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Founded 7 May 1992 Service branches Ground Forces Russian Ground Forces Air Force Russian Aerospace Forces Navy Russian Navy Ground Forces Strategic Missile Troops Ground Forces Russian Airborne Troops Герб ССО Special Operations Forces Headquarter Ministry of Defence Building, Khamovniki District, Moscow Leadership Supreme Commander-in-Chief President Vladimir Putin Minister of Defence General of the Army Sergey Shoigu Chief of the General Staff General of the Army Valery Gerasimov Military age 18~27 Conscription 12 months Active personnel 1,013,628 Reserve personnel 2,572,500 Expenditures Budget $66.3 billion Percent of GDP 3.9% Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu, Victory Day Parade in Moscow, 9 May 2018. Ratnik infantry combat system in recon variant and AFV crew individual protection kit Ratnik-ZK The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции, Vooruzhonnije Síly Rossíyskoj Federátsii) are the military service of the Russian Federation, established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992, Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic under Russian control The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is the President of Russia. The Russian Armed Forces were formed in 1992. Under Russian federal law, the RuAF along with the Federal Security Service (FSB)'s Border Troops, the National Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), the Federal Protective Service (FSO), the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and EMERCOM's civil defence form Russia's military services and are under direct control of the Security Council of Russia. Armed forces under the Ministry of Defence are divided into: the three "branches of Armed Forces" (вида вооружённых сил): the Ground Forces, Aerospace Forces, and the Navy the two "separate troop branches" (Отдельные рода войск): the Strategic Missile Troops and the Airborne Troops the Logistical Support, which has a separate status of its own There are additionally two further "separate troop branches", the National Guard and the Border Service These retain the legal status of "Armed Forces", while falling outside of the jurisdiction of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The National Guard is formed on the basis of the former Internal Troops of Russia The new structure has been detached from the Ministry of Internal Affairs into a separate agency, directly subordinated to the President of Russia The Border Service is a paramilitary organization of the Federal Security Service - the country's main internal intelligence agency. Both organizations have significant wartime tasks in addition to their main peacetime activities and operate their own land, air and maritime units. The number of personnel is specified by decree of the President of Russia. On 1 January 2008, a number of 2,019,629 units, including military of 1,134,800 units, was set. In 2010 the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimated that the Russian Armed Forces numbered about 1,027,000 active troops and in the region of 2,035,000 reserves (largely ex-conscripts). As opposed to personnel specified by decree, actual personnel in the forces are paid was reported by the Audit Chamber of Russia as 766,000 in October 2013 As of December 2016, the armed forces are at 93 percent of the required...