Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign citizens to serve in the Russian military, according to the Kremlin's website.
Russia has been striving to increase the numbers of professional soldiers in its largely conscript ranks and has been spending hundreds of billions of dollars more on its military.
Tom Barton reports.
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