Kudrin after the interview Shoigu called defense spending "reasonable"
The head of the chamber Alexei Kudrin after an interview with the head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu explained his position on the issue of military spending.
before Shoigu during the interview, " MK "asked about his attitude to the fact that" Kudrin regularly performs with the thesis about the fact that the current level of military spending and expenditure in the defense industry is very heavy burden for the Russian economy ". In response, the head of the Ministry gave the Board of domestic economists to think about how to protect themselves small of funds coming, and not be afraid of high costs. He said that the Russian armed forces was reduced almost in 2 times.
Kudrin, explaining this phrase, wrote on Twitter that " the head has led defense spending to a reasonable value ".
according to his statement, He mentioned about the fact that further reduce costs for the solution of military problems is not required.
Kudrin also made a chart of military expenditures, under which spending decreased from 4, 4% of GDP in 2016 to 2, 7% in 2018." This is even lower than suggested in the recommendations of the CSR (Kudrinsky expert center) ", - He said.
Kudrin many times criticized the excessive, in his vision, spending on defense. In February of last year, Kudrin said in the interview Last news said that in 2011 was against the "explosive" increase in military spending." I was not opposed to the rearmament programme, its extension from 10 to fifteen years. I thought, in fact It is necessary to stretch and do more smoothly, without abandoning the issues of modernization ", - He explained.
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