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Military branches:
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Ground Forces (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Forces (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Space Troops (Kosmicheskiye Voyska, KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops (2009) |
Military service age and obligation:
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18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation - 1 year; reserve obligation to age 50; as of July 2008, a draft military strategy called for the draft to continue up to the year 2030 (2009) |
Manpower available for military service:
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males age 16-49: 36,219,908
females age 16-49: 37,019,853 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service:
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males age 16-49: 21,098,306
females age 16-49: 27,968,883 (2009 est.) |
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
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males: 741,692
females: 706,081 (2009 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.9% of GDP (2005) |
Military - note:
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