Current Military Profile

The Armed Forces

• Military Doctrine
• Soviet Doctrine
• The Doctrine of 1993
• Political Principles
• Military Principles
• Military-Technical and Economic Principles
• The Doctrine of the Future
The Geopolitical Context

• Chechnya
• The Commonwealth of Independent States
• Georgia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Moldova
• Central Asia
• Kaliningrad
• China
• The NATO Issue
• Nuclear Arms Issues
The Defense Industry

• Structure and Conditions
• The Defense Budget
• New Weaponry Acquisitions
• Foreign Arms Sales
• Prospects for the Defense Industry
Force Structure

• Command Structure
• Ground Forces
• Naval Forces
• Air Forces
• Air Defense Forces
• Strategic Rocket Forces
• Airborne Troops
Performance

• Troop Support Elements
• Crime in the Military
• Training
• Military Schools
• Field Training
• Reform Plans
Prospects for the Military
Internal Security
Internal Security Before 1991
Successor Agencies to the KGB

• Ministry of Security (MB)
• Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK)
• Federal Security Service (FSB)
• Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information (FAPSI)
• Main Guard Directorate (GUO)
• Federal Border Service and Border Security
• Border Security Agencies
• Post-Soviet Border Policy
Security Operations in Chechnya

• Crime
• Crime in the Soviet Era
• The Crime Wave of the 1990s
• Crime Statistics
• Organized Crime
• Nuclear Security
• Terrorism
• Narcotics
The Criminal Justice System

• Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
• The Procuracy
• Criminal Law Reform in the 1990s
• Secrecy Laws
• How the System Works
Prisons
Outlook

NOTE: The information regarding Russia on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Russia National Security information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Russia National Security should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.