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VOTERS WILL PAY FOR A MILITARY BUILDUP AFTER ELECTING PUTIN
Current President Dmitri Medvedev standing in front of the Yury Dolgorukiy Borei-class submarine (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Defense and security spending is skyrocketing in Russia. Paychecks for defense and interior ministry personnel will increase 2.5 to 3 timesfrom January 2012, while Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Federal Protective Service (FSO) staff will receive a similar pay boost in January 2013. According to the Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, “An additional trillion rubles ($32.7 billion) has been allocated to cover the increase in defense and security personnel pay in the next two years” (http://premier.gov.ru/events/news/17091, November 14). The massive pay increase is being matched by growing defense procurement and operational costs. According to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, “in 2011 defense procurement was 750 billion rubles ($24.5 billion) which is 1.5 times more than in 2010, and in 2012 it will reach 880 billion rubles ($28.8 billion).” During a special meeting on defense procurement this week in Moscow, Putin declared: “These substantial
budgetary disbursements must create powerful integrated air, sea, land and antiaircraft forces.” The joint work of government, the military and defense industry is essential to achieve the goal of Russian rearmament, according to Putin (http://premier.gov.ru/events/news/17092, November 14).Περισσότερα JamesTown
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