Russian Armed Forces

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The Russian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Russian Federation, comprising its army, navy, and aerospace forces and serving as one of the world's largest and most heavily armed militaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
abbreviation AFRF
budgetType defense budget of Russia
chiefOfGeneralStaffTitle Chief of the General Staff
commanderInChiefTitle President of the Russian Federation
surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
conscription yes
conscriptionTerm 12 months
country Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
established 1992
establishedAfter dissolution of the Soviet Union
formedFrom Soviet Air Forces
Red Army
surface form: Soviet Army

Soviet Navy
governedBy Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
hasBranch Airborne Forces
Russian Aerospace Forces
Russian Ground Forces
Russian Navy
Russian special forces
surface form: Special Operations Forces of Russia

Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation
surface form: Strategic Missile Forces
hasCapability United States Air Force
surface form: air and space forces

land forces
naval forces
nuclear weapons
strategic nuclear triad
hasCommandStructure Russian General Staff
surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
hasComponent Federal Border Guard Service of Russia
surface form: Border Service of the FSB

Soviet Internal Troops
surface form: National Guard of Russia
hasStatus nuclear-armed military power
one of the world’s largest militaries
permanent member of UN Security Council’s military arm
headOfMinistryOfDefenceTitle Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
headquartersBuilding National Defence Management Center
surface form: National Defense Management Center
headquartersLocation Moscow
isSuccessorOf Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
isUnderJurisdictionOf Government of the Russian Federation
legalFoundation Constitution of the Russian Federation
federal laws of the Russian Federation
motto For the Motherland
surface form: Защитник Отечества (Defender of the Fatherland)
nativeName Russian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции
participatedIn First Chechen War
Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

Russian military intervention in Syria
surface form: Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war

Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: Russo-Georgian War

Second Chechen War
annexation of Crimea
partOf Russia
surface form: Russian state
primaryLanguage Russian
role deterrence
national defense
power projection
protection of territorial integrity
serviceAge 18
shortName Russian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
supremeCommanderInChief President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia

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Dmitry Milyutin partOf Russian Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Russian military establishment
Battle of Grozny (August 1996) hasParticipant Russian Armed Forces
MAZ-543 transporter-erector-launcher serviceIn Russian Armed Forces
subject surface form: MAZ-543
Moscow garrison partOf Russian Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Russian armed forces
Battle of Bamut belligerent Russian Armed Forces
pro-Moscow Chechen forces supportedBy Russian Armed Forces
Battle of Komsomolskoye belligerent Russian Armed Forces
Soviet 16th Air Army successorStateContext Russian Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Russian Federation Armed Forces