Servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
The amount of Russian military staff will be increased to 1,150,628.
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to increase the size of the country's armed forces by 137,000.
The amount of military staff will be increased to 1,150,628 from 1,013,628 as was stipulated in a presidential decree signed in November 2017.
The new order will enter into force on Jan. 1, 2023. ■
