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The National Guard of Russia is officially known as the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации, romanized: Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvardii Rossiyskoy Federatsii).
RPKM (machine gun) Soviet Union Russia AN-94 / Nikonov Assault Rifle 5.45×39mm: 1997–present used in limited numbers too expensive for general issue Russia AM-17: 5.45×39mm: 2017-The AM-17 is in limited use with FSB, FSO, Russian National Guard Russia AK-12 / AK-15: 5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm
On May 27, 1996, the law "On State Protection" reorganized the GUO (Glavnoye Upravlenie Okhrani) into the FSO (Federal Protection Service). Under article 7 of the law, "the President of the Russian Federation, while in office, shall not be allowed to forego state protection." [2] FSO includes the Russian Presidential Security Service. [3]
The Kremlin Regiment (Russian: Кремлёвский полк, romanized: Kremlyovskiy polk), also called the Presidential Regiment (Russian: Президентский полк, romanized: Prezidentskiy polk), is a unique military regiment and part of the Russian Federal Protective Service with the status of a special unit.
In 2014, the regiment was involved in the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. [2] It fought in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The unit has lost several of its senior leadership in the war including Regiment Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Igor Zharov [3] and Regiment Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Afonin.
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In 2002, 10% of the Russian armed forces (100,000 of a total active strength of 988,100) were women according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, [14] [page needed] whereas researcher Aleksandr I. Smirnov stated that about 114,600 women had military contracts that year.
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