Decree No. 419
Putin's 12 June 2026 Army strength decree (1,510,000 servicemen); repealed by Decree No. 700.
Decree No. 419 lost force on 28 September 2026, when Vladimir Putin's Decree No. 700 repealed it and lifted the Army's ceiling from 1,510,000 servicemen to 1,550,500. The change came eight days after Russia's parliamentary elections closed and ordered no call-up.
Last refreshed: 12 October 2026
Timeline for Decree No. 419
Mentioned in: Putin lifts army ceiling to 1,550,500
Russia-Ukraine War 2026Background
Decree No. 419 was a presidential decree signed by Vladimir Putin on 12 June 2026. It set the authorised strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 2,399,130 posts, of which 1,510,000 were servicemen, and it repealed Decree No. 139 of 4 March 2026.
Decree No. 526 of 27 July 2026 amended it. Decree No. 700 of 28 September 2026 then repealed it outright, raising the servicemen ceiling by 40,500. That made Decree No. 419 the middle link in three changes to the Army's authorised strength in a single year.
The ceiling is a legal limit on posts, not a head count or a mobilisation order. Its value lies in the record of revisions: each decree shows how FAR the Kremlin expected the force to grow, and Decree No. 419 fixed the figure that held through the summer of 2026.