RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES

Air Force: structure

Commander-in-Chief ---ZELIN, Alexander, Col.Gen (appointed 10.05.2007) [Previous CINC-- MIKHAYLOV, Vladimir Sergeyevich, General of the Army, Appointed Jan 2002 (Finmarket, 22 Jan 02; Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, 26 Jan 02; promoted to General of the Army, Gazeta.ru, 24 Feb 04). MOD data: "General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov, Air Force, Commander-in-Chief since 21 January 2002. Born ... [+]



Airborne Troops (VDV)

CINC -- Gen Vladimir Shamanov. Ex (4.05.2009) CINC --Lt Gen Valery Evtukhovich. Ex-CINC Colonel General Alexander Kolmakov, Airborne Troops, Commander since 8 September 2003. MOD data: "Born on 31 July 1955 in Kaliningrad, Moscow region, Alexander Kolmakov was educated at Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. Upon graduation in 1976, he assumed command over a reconnaisance platoon. Later, ... [+]



Chemical, Radiation and Biological Protection

Chief --- FILIPPOV, Vladimir, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 13 Nov 03). Previous Chief was KHOLSTOV, Viktor I., Lt-Gen (Voyeninform Military News Agency 8 Nov 00). Promoted to Col-Gen (Profil, 17 Dec 01). Transfered to Rosboyepripasy (ITAR-TASS, 23 Apr 03). [" In 1992 Boris Yeltsin completely abolished the Defense Ministry 15th Directorate responsible for the development and testing of biological ... [+]



ENGINEERING TROOPS

Chief-- Lt Gen Y.Balkhovitin. 2008 Staff of En Troops disbanded. Ex-Chief --- SERDTSEV, Nikolay, Col-Gen. Promoted to Col-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 11 May 00, Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 Jan 04). [The Engineering Troops were directly subordinate to the General Staff. However, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov, ordered them resubordinated directly to Deputy Minister of Defense and ... [+]



GENERAL STAFF

Chief--Nikolai Makarov, Col Gen (since 06.2008). Ex-Chief- BALUYEVSKIY, Yuriy Nikolayevich, Col-Gen. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 11 Oct 97; , 20 Feb 02). Ex-First Deputy Chief of Ground Forces. Previous-Chief: Gen. Kvashnin. Directorates and Organizations Subordinate to the General Staff 8TH DIRECTORATE (Department of Information Security) [RF Armed Forces General Staff] ["Responsible for information ... [+]



GROUND FORCES / LAND TROOPS

Commander-in-Chief, Ground Troops Vladimir Boldyrev. Ex-CINC-- MASLOV, Aleksey, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 7 Apr 03). 01.2008: new Head of Staff: Lt Gen Nikolai Bgdanovsky (appointed 12.01.2008). Total number (2002): 322,000. Land troops included: sort of the troopses - infantry, tank, missile troops and artillery, air defense troops, army aviation; special ... [+]



GRU (intelligence)

GRU: Main Intelligence Directorate In October, 1995, a Russian government delegation, headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Soskovets, signed a number of documents on developing Russo-Cuban cooperation. There would be no reason to call this fact noteworthy, if it were not for one small detail. All these documents -- on credits to continue construction on the Juragua atomic power station, ... [+]



GRU: structure

Chief --- Lt Gen Alexander Shlyakhturov (since Apr 24, 2009). Ex Chief- KORABELNIKOV, Valentin, General of the Army (ITAR-TASS, 14 Apr 98; Promoted Gen Army, Profil, 30 Jun 03; ITAR-TASS, 6 Oct 03). [In an interview Mikhaylov stated that GRU is "exclusively responsible for military intelligence" and is involved in "---radio intercept, radio technology, and aerial reconnaissance." ... [+]



NAVY

CINC -- Admiral Vladimir Visotskiy, (ex-NOR CINC), appointed 09.2007. ex-CINC - MASORIN, Vladimir Vasilyevich, Admiral APPOINTED 04 Sept 05, (ORTV). Promoted to Admiral, (ITAR-TASS, 13 Dec 03). Ex Commander of Black Sea Fleet [Masorin: Born on August 24, 1947 in the village of Popovka, Kalinin Region, he graduated from the Black Sea Higher Naval School in 1970 and served on the Northern ... [+]



PEACEMAKING FORCES

Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict Zone, Collective Peacemaking Forces in the Commander --- YEVTEYEV, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen, appointed (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 1 Apr 02). ["Yevteyev was born in the town of Volsk in the Saratov region on February 22, 1953. He graduated from the Omsk higher tank command college in 1975, Armored Troops Military Academy in 1984 and General Staff Ac

RAIL-ROAD TROOPS [MoD]

Commander--- Sergey Klimets, Lt.Gen. Ex-CINC---KOGAT'KO, Grigoriy Iosifovich, Col-Gen Appointed Feb 1992(30 Mar 92 in Tyl Vooruzennykh Sil, 3/92 p 55; Moskovskiy Komsomolets, 20 Nov 03). Telephone: 262-50-19 (reception), 262-72-79 (press service) (RIA Novosti, 27 Jun 02). Defense Minister S. Ivanov stated that the RR Troops would be organized as an independent type of troops (Kommersant, ... [+]



REAR SERVICES / LOGISTICS

Chief (Deputy Minister of Defense) --- ISAKOV, Vladimir, Col-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 12 Apr 00 p 3). MOD data: "Vladimir ISAKOV, General of the Army, Chief of Logistics, Deputy Minister of Defence since June 30, 1997. Vladimir ISAKOV was born July 21, 1950, in the village of Voskresenskoye, Kaluga region. In 1970, he graduated from the Moscow Military School of Civil Defence. He served as ... [+]



Russian Air Force (1991-1999)

© 1997-99 Fighter Tactics Academy 1. THROUGH WARS INTO A SUPERPOWER AIR FORCE Military pilot training was started in Russia in Sevastopol and St. Petersburg in 1910. However, by the time the World War I began, the readiness was not yet at a level such a major war requires. After the war broke out, Russia tried to expand and modernize its air forces. During the duration of the war, the Russian ... [+]



Russian Armed Forces: 1999 -2003. 2008+

12.2008: Moscow is planning a major shakeup of its military establishment that, if carried through to completion, will be the structural equivalent of the late Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov's "revolution in military affairs." Based on the direction the reforms appear to be taking, the Russian military could well be unrecognizable even to those who have watched the evolution of the Soviet and ... [+]



Russia's Military Budget 2004 - 2008+

02.2009: 27 bln RUR -food, 9 bln RUR - clothing, 58 bln RUR - fuel. Total for Logistics- 120 bln RUR. 12.2008: Russia has set out plans to increase its military procurement over the next three years and commission 70 new strategic nuclear missiles. A government official said there would also be more short-range missiles, combat planes, helicopters, tanks and naval vessels. In all, Russia ... [+]



Signals Troops

Chief of Signal Communications --- Deputy Chief of the General Staff --- ZALOGIN, Yuriy Mikhaylovich, Col-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda 6 May 97 p 1) Noted as Col-Gen (Oriyentir No 4 1999 pp 20-23). (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 19 Oct 01 ). [Previous Chief was GICHKIN, Gennadiy, Col-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda 2 Apr 93 p 1). (Armeyskiy Sbornik, Jan 96 No 1, (Signed to press 27 Dec 95) pp 9-12). ... [+]



SPACE TROOPS

Commander ---Maj Gen Oleg Ostapenko. Ex-CINC-- POPOVKIN, Vladimir, Lt-Gen (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 11 March 04). The Primary tasks of the Space Troops are: missile attacks warning; ABM defence; creation, deployment, maintenance and control of the orbital satellites group. The ABM facilities included 3 AD army and warning systems (PRN). Staff and Command Point- Moscow RCP- Znamenka-1, ... [+]



Spetznaz

During the 1970s, when the Cold War was at its height, the West became aware of the existence of Soviet Spetsnaz troops, which were grouped into what were known as "diversionary brigades." Today, although the Cold War is long since ended, Spetsnaz units are still part of the Russian order-of-battle, although their missions have changed. Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoye nazranie = troops of special ... [+]



Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN)

CINC --- SHVAICHENKO, Andrey, Lt Gen (appointed 08.2009). Ex CINC SOLOVTSOV, Nikolay Yevgen'yevich, Col-Gen, appointed (ITAR-TASS, 27 Apr 01). As for April 2005 Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN) included 13 missile divisions. The basic tactical unit - "divizion". Number of personnel: 160. Division includes MIOBD (engineering vehicle ensuring combat maintenance standby i.e. Ural with ... [+]