(Morning News) Russian President Putin signed a decree on Thursday (August 25) to increase the scale of the Russian army from 1.9 million soldiers to 2.04 million.
Comprehensive foreign news reports, Russia did not disclose the number of soldiers damaged by the Russian army, but Western officials and Ukrainian government said that there were thousands of soldiers lost in the Russian army;Russian soldiers were killed or injured.
According to the decree issued on the Russian government legislative website, this additional military decree will take effect on January 1 next year, including an increase of 137,000 combatants, and the total number will reach 1.15 million.
The last time Putin adjusted the scale of the Russian army in November 2017. At that time, the total number of troops including non -combatants was 1.9 million, and the number of combatants was 1.01 million.
The decree did not explain how to increase troops, but instructed the government to allocate the corresponding budget.
According to the annual report of the Institute of International Strategy, at the beginning of this year, Russia has 900,000 active soldiers, and the reserve soldiers in the past five years have 2 million.
On the other hand, Citi Group announced on Thursday that starting this quarter, the group's personal and commercial banks' business in Russia.
The group predicts that the shutdown of the business will generate US $ 170 million (about S $ 237 million) in the next 18 months, which is mainly related to the restructuring cost and the supplier's termination fee.
Citi Bank said that closing the local business will affect about 2,300 staff members of 15 bank branches.
