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Almost 140,000 more: Putin boosts Russian army to over 2 million people from 2023
Putin has set the updated Russian Armed Forces' number at 2 million 39 thousand 758 people
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This is reported by Interfax, with reference to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
The document is published on the legal information portal.
The decree enters into force on January 1, 2023. It states that the number of servicemen in the armed forces will be 1 million 150 thousand 628, the rest - civilian personnel.
In November 2017, by his decree, the President of the Russian Federation established the number of Russian Armed Forces - 1 million 902 thousand 758 people. 1 million 13 thousand 628 of them are military personnel, the rest are civilian personnel.
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