Military branches:

Ground Forces (SV), Navy (VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (VDV), Strategic Rocket Troops (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Space Troops (KV) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of ground troops (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation - 1 year; reserve obligation to age 50; foreign citizens and dual-nationality Russians are precluded from contract military service (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 36,219,908
females age 16-49: 37,019,853 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 21,488,878
females age 16-49: 28,760,976 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

males age 16-49: 821,103
females age 16-49: 781,570 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

3.9% (2005)