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Russia is a country located in North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean with an area of 17,098,242 km2 (land boundries: 22,407 km and costline 37,653 km). The capital of Russia is Moscow. The number of inhabitants is 146,171,015.

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with an estimated 150 k troops. Russia is the leading member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The Russian Federation's military is equipped with domestically-produced weapons systems. Russia is the world's second largest exporter of military hardware and has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.

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The Nordic Defence Cooperation (Nordefco) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defense. Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The organization was established on November 4, 2009 in Helsinki. The leadership of the organization is rotational.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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86.4 billion $
26 billion $

Percent of GDP

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4.1 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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1,000,000
70,850

Reserve personnel

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2,000,000
941,300

Available for military

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34,765,736
4,299,331

Land Forces

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Tanks

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12,267
412
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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24,172
4,644
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Total artillery

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18,266
1,133
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Self-propelled artillery

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6,443
180
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Rocket artillery

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4,331
71

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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4,418
469
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Fighter

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340
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Multirole

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382
174
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Attack

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689
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Helicopters

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1,665
118
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UCAV (combat drone)

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100
0

Navy

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Total naval

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653
397
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Aircraft carriers

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1
0
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Destroyers

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14
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Frigates

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11
4
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Corvettes

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80
15
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Submarines

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66
11

Nuclear weapons

Russia

The second most important state when it comes to researching, developing, and then storing nuclear weapon. Although the Russians managed to catch up with Americans later on, it was only in 1949 that the first nuclear test conducted by then the Soviet Union occurred. It was still quite a surprise for the Western Powers, who believed that Russia won’t be capable of producing nuclear warheads until 1953-1954. After the first test, the nation in question started to rapidly increase the amount of warheads they possessed. In the end of 1980s, they were the leading power when it comes to total number of warheads stored. It was approximately 40,000 warheads.

Nowadays, similarly to United States, the Russians store a total number of 6490 warheads, what is scarcely more than USA. When it comes to the number of deployed warheads, the amount is the same as in case of Americans, namely 1600 deployed warheads. We should also remember about the fact that Russia conducted over 700 tests, what makes them the second most important nation when it comes to developing nuclear weapons. However, it was the Soviet Union that managed to create the biggest bomb in the world. Known as Tsar Bomba, it had blast yield of 50 megatons of TNT.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available

Military service

Russia

18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 1-year service obligation (conscripts can only be sent to combat zones after 6 months of training); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16, cadets classified as members of the armed forces.

Nordic Defence Cooperation

Data not available