Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Russia's Defense Ministry To Get Over $111 Billion In Next 3 Years

Russia's Defense Ministry To Get Over $111 Billion In Next 3 Years
(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW - February 11, 2009: Russia's federal budget stipulates the allocation of over 4 trillion rubles ($111 billion) on defense spending in the next three years, a senior Defense Ministry finance official said on Tuesday. "The Russian Defense Ministry's budget for 2009 and for the planned period of 2010-2011 is primarily aimed at creating a fundamentally new army for the 21st century," Deputy Defense Minister for Financial and Economic Work Lyubov Kudelina said. Defense spending is projected at a level of 1,376.5 billion rubles ($38.3 billion) in 2009, 1,379.5 billion rubles ($38.4 billion) in 2010 and 1,476.7 billion rubles ($41 billion) in 2011, Kudelina said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda military newspaper. As in previous years, defense spending will not exceed 3% of the country's gross domestic product and will stand at 2.7% in 2009 compared with 2.6% in 2008, the official said.

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