Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Zatsepin Vasily Author-Name-First: Vasily Author-Name-Last: Zatsepin Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: The defense economics and the military reform in Russia in 2018 Abstract: In 2018, the total strength of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation did not change. Early in February 2018, the President of the Russian Federation increased by 200 persons to 10,740 persons the ultimate staff number of the Central Office of the Ministry of Defense (without the guarding and building maintenance personnel taken into account), which is not included in the strength of the Armed Forces. Classification-JEL: D74, F52, H56, F51, Keywords: Russian economy, military-industrial complex, military reform, defense order, military procurement, defense control Creation-Date: 2019 Revision-Date: 2019 Length: 26 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2019-979.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2019 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2019-979