Reducing the budget of the Ministry of Defense does not affect payments to the military
According to Shevtsova, in recent years there has been a slight reduction in the volume of the military budget, but "positions remain unchanged, the reduction of which is the most sensitive factor for the Armed Forces."
The Deputy Minister also noted that “the financing of the state defense order in the 2017-2019 budget allows for the implementation of the decisions taken to equip the Armed Forces with modern models of weapons and military equipment (weapons, military and special equipment)”.
She recalled that the Defense Ministry "is implementing the Effective Army program, which in 2016 has reduced the direct costs of 14,2 billion, the indirect effect of the program was at least 22,5 billion." At the same time, according to her, it was possible to increase the average size of the monetary allowance of servicemen to 63,6 thousand rubles.
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