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Though women have long served as volunteers in the Russian (and formerly, Soviet) military, females were officially permitted to enlist on contract in November 1992 by presidential decree. In May 2020, Minister of Defense Shoygu stated that there were approximately 41,000 women enlisted in the Russian Armed Forces, which constitutes roughly 4.26 percent of total active duty forces, according to official figures. Though this is a slight reduction compared to the totals in 2018 (44,500), a total of around 35,000 to 45,000 has been fairly consistent for Russia over the past 10 years.
"Everyone in the brigade is best of the best," said Li Shanshan, the instructor, who joined the team when it was established. She recalled that last year's intake of 16 women-selected from a pool of 100 new soldiers-initially took about 17 minutes to run 3 km.