ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 18 (Interfax) - The presidential executive order boosting the Russian Armed Forces' staff is aimed at staffing the newly established military districts, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"The key task of staffing the Armed Forces with well-trained people, trained and qualified personnel has to be accomplished in close interaction with federal and regional authorities. Among other things, I mean permanent combat readiness units in the new military districts. It is to accomplish this objective that the executive order establishing the [new] numbers of the Russian Armed Forces' staff was published this week," Putin said, speaking at Wednesday's meeting dedicated to staffing the Russian Armed Forces.
The order is effective on December 1 of this year, he said.
On September 16, Putin signed an executive order to determine the numbers of the Russian Armed Forces' staff to be just below 2,390,000, including 1,500,000 service members.
On March 5, it was officially announced that Russia would reinstate the Moscow Military District and the Leningrad Military District under a presidential executive order.