Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the country's military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as...

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered an increase of 180,000 troops, bringing the Russian army to 1.5 million active servicemen. This move would...

President Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase in the the Russian army strength by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the size of the Russian army to increase by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million soldiers....

Putin orders Russian army to increase by 180,000 troops, making it second largest after China.

Increase of 180,000 would leave Russian army second only to China in terms of number of active combat soldiers.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase of 180,000 troops to the Russian army, making it the second largest globally after China. This...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to increase the number of the Russian armed forces to 2,389,130 ​​personnel,...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to increase the number of the Russian armed forces to 2,389,130 ​​personnel,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to set the strength of the country’s armed forces at nearly 2.4 million people Read Full...