18 Nov (ITAR-TASS) -- The State Duma today adopted at a second reading the federal law "On military reform in the Russian Federation."

In accordance with this law, military reform is defined as "a complex of the organizational, economic, military, social, and other measures carried out in the Russian Federation that are aimed at qualitative change in the Russian Armed Forces and other troops, troop formations, and bodies of the defense industry complex, as well as organizations, federal executive power bodies, and military administration bodies connected with them."

The aims of military reform, the law says, are to create in the Russian Federation a single military organization, to increase its combat and mobilizational readiness and fighting capability, and to bring the state's military potential in line with the current requirements of the state's defense and security.

The Russian president determines the timescale of military reform, its content, and measures. The head of state is also in charge of how the reform is carried out and controls the way the federal executive power bodies, the armed forces and other troops, troop formations, and bodies fulfill these measures.

In accordance with the law, the size of the annual financing of the military reform depends on the type and extent of its measures for the current year.