Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the growth of excess defense spending from the state budget causes irreparable risks for the entire Russian economy, since they are not of a production nature. Defense only harms the economy, the head of the Ministry of Finance is sure. “We will produce a tank, but you will not plow further on it and bring additional product. It does not bring any additional GDP, ”the minister said to the students of the Financial University, giving a lecture on the role of the state budget in the economic. Colonel General Doctor historical Sci. Leonid Ivashov.