Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

History
The history of the Armed Forces of Russia begins at 00:01, on the 1st of January 1992 when the President of the USSR officially resigned and also transferred the powers of the Supreme Commander of the Red Army to the President of the Russian Federation. The Russian Army has since then gone through tough times financially and although large amounts of money have been spent during the 2000s the Russian army still remains at a fraction of the Soviet one.

Supreme Commander
The President of the Russian Federation is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, both in peace time and when the country is at war.

Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces is currently commanded by General of the Army, Nikolai Serdyukov. The use of the BCMs has to be authorized by the president.


 * In its Russian designation РТ stands for "ракета твердотопливная," Raketa Tverdotoplivnaya ("solid fuel rocket"), while УТТХ - for "улучшенные тактико-технические характеристики," uluchshenniye taktiko-tekhnicheskie kharahteristiki ("improved tactical and technical characteristics"). "Topol" (тополь) in Russian means "poplar".


 * In the Russian-Cosmerian War in the fall of 2009 the Topol-M missiles performed excellently. The 15th Strategic Rocket Ground Forces Division launched several successful missile attacks on the Cosmerian forces.


 * Both the Topol-M and the Bulava missiles are designed to carry up to 5 nuclear warheads each. It is planned that the Russian Federation will start developing missiles equipped with nuclear warheads in fall 2010.

Militsiya
Militsiya is used as a short official name of the civilian police in the former Soviet Union, despite its original military connotation.

The Russian MVD was recreated as the MVD of the Russian SFSR in 1990, following the restoration of the republican Council of Ministers and Supreme Soviet, and remained when Russia gained independence from the Soviet Union. It currently controls the Militsiya, the State Road Inspection Service (GAI), and the Internal Troops. Since the disbanding of the Tax Police, it also investigates economic crimes.

FSB
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is the main domestic security service of the Russian Federation. The FSB is involved mainly in internal affairs, border security, and surveillance, but participates also in some counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism operations which are mostly operated by the KGB. Both the FSB and the KGB are subordinated the Office of the President of the Russian Federation and they answer to the President only.