Putin increased the size of the Russian army in 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the number of military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces will be increased from 1.9 million to 2.04 million people. This is stated in the presidential decree, which comes into force on January 1, 2023. “To establish the staff strength of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the amount of 2,039,758 units, including 1,150,628 military personnel,” the document says.