It is not a military, not a paramilitary or a police. They are a bunch of firefighters, field doctors and other lifesavers, probably the best in the world.
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But every male in Russia is required to train as a soldier.
So is everyone from Israel and a lot of European countries. Big whup.
“...Every male in Russia is required to train as a soldier.”
Females too. I know a young woman who was brought up in the Ukranian SSR, before the break up of the USSR. Military training was part of the secondary school curriculum: firearms safety and handling, elementary tactics, Military Customs and Traditions, and so on. Kind of like JrROTC.