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The Forces of the Russian Federation (UTC) (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции Transliteration: Vooruzhyónniye síly Rossíyskoy Federátsii) is the military of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR under Russian Federation control.[1] The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces is the President of the Russian Federation (currently Vladimir Putin).
The Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation serves as the administrative body of the military. Since Soviet times, the General Staff has acted as the main commanding and supervising body of the Russian Military Forces. However, currently the General Staff's role is being reduced to that of the Ministry's department of strategic planning, the Minister himself, currently Anatoliy Serdyukov may now be gaining further executive authority over the troops. Other departments include the personnel directorate as well as the Rear Services of the Armed Forces of Russia, railroad troops and construction troops. The Chief of the General Staff is currently General of the Army Yuri Baluyevsky.
Baltic Fleet (HQ at Baltiysk in the enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast).
Pacific Fleet (HQ at Vladivostok).
Northern Fleet (HQ at Severomorsk).
Black Sea Fleet (HQ at Sevastopol, Ukraine. (In 2005, the Ukrainian government agreed that Russia would be allowed to lease several base areas around Sevastopol until 2017.)[2]
Military manpower
(Source mostly CIA World Factbook)
Military age 18 years of age
Availability males age 18-49: 35,247,049 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service males age 18-49: 21,000,000 (2006 est.)[4]
Reaching military age annually 1,500,000 (2005 est.)
Active troops 1,037,000[5] (Ranked 5th)
Total troops 3,796,100[citation needed] (Ranked 5th)
Military expenditures
$32 billion USD (2007) Russian military spending
