Russia’s Military Modernization - Modernização Militar da Rússia - Russian Armed Forces 2017

Russia’s Military Modernization - Modernização Militar da Rússia - Russian Armed Forces 2017 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции) are the military service of Russia, established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. On 7 May 1992, Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the Russian SFSR under Russian control.[5] The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is the President of Russia. The Russian Armed Forces were formed in 1992. Armed forces under the Ministry of Defence are divided into: