While its population is a shade of the EU’s at 143 million, 2.5 million of Russia’s citizens are reserve personnel, with 766,000 currently signed-up for active military service.

虽然其人口仅略低于欧盟的 1. 43 亿，但俄罗斯有 250 万公民是预备役人员，目前有 766, 000 人报名服现役。