News About Russia 19-NOV-09 en-us Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2008 - Around 80-100% of the Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with modern weapons and military hardware by 2018-2020, the Russian General Staff chief said on Wednesday.]]> Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 21, 2008 - Russian military bases in Georgia's disputed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been fully staffed with 3,700 personnel each, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.]]> Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2008 - It was announced on June 20 that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had signed a resolution transferring Russia's only authorized arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, to Russian Technologies corporation. The government also coordinated a draft presidential decree on transferring state-held shares in 480 other enterprises to the corporation. ]]>