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As of 2014, Russia's military budget is higher than any other European nation, and approximately 1/7th (14 percent) of the US military budget. In 2015, SIPRI found that Russia was the world's second biggest exporter of major weapons for the period 2010–14, increasing exports by 37 per cent. India, China and Algeria accounted for almost 60 ...
Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri and the Russian 3624th Airbase in Erebuni Airport near Yerevan . Est. 3,214 [5] to 5,000 [6] Belarus. Russian military presence in Belarus: The Baranavichy Radar Station, [4] [7] [8] the Vilyeyka naval communication centre near Vilyeyka and a joint Air Force and Air Defense training center in Baranovichi [9 ...
A mosaic in the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces commemorating the Soviet Armed Forces and some of its most important World War II battles. In April 2020, photos were leaked showing a partially completed mosaic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu and other high-ranking Russian officials, as well as ...
The Kremlin has moved some of its military equipment that was deployed near the border, but other hardware has arrived and a lot of forces and equipment remain near its ex-Soviet neighbour, a ...
The Collective Security Treaty Organization ( CSTO) [note 3] is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, [note 1] Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, formed in 2002. The Collective Security Treaty has its origins in the Soviet Armed Forces, which was replaced in 1992 ...
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry. The Minister of Defence exercises day-to ...
A number of foreign leaders have visited Russia during the after its invasion of Ukraine, meeting with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. This list only includes heads of state and government that visited Russia while serving as the head of state or government.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War (outline) Map of Ukraine as of 5 July 2024 (details): Continuously controlled by Ukraine Occupied by Russia Regained from Russia Date 24 February 2022 – present (2 years, 4 months and 2 weeks) Location Ukraine, Russia, Black Sea Status Ongoing (list of engagements · territorial control · timeline of events) Belligerents Russia ...