The costs of rearmament of the Russian army constrain the economic opportunities of the country, the director of the Center

Re-equipment of the Russian army requires much more funds than the new state armaments program (GWP-2020), but the country's economic capabilities do not allow spending more for these purposes, said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Strategy and Technology Analysis (CAST).

"The twenty trillion rubles that are supposed to be allocated for the purchase of weapons and military equipment up to 2020 year is the minimum amount needed to re-equip the army, but at the same time the maximum possible amount of funds that can be spent on armaments whole, ”said R. Pukhov.

He explained that according to some estimates, "for the complete re-equipment of all types and genera of the Armed Forces, Russia would need 36 or even 50 trillions of rubles, which, of course, is completely unattainable for the country's economy."

“Even the current plans are very ambitious and contain very high macroeconomic risks. In the case of the actual implementation of the plans for financing the HPV-2020, the average annual cost for the purchase of weapons and military equipment will be two trillion rubles, which at the current rate makes about 47 billion euros per year, ”said R. Pukhov.

For comparison, he noted, the United Kingdom and France, which have comparable economies to the Russian economy, annually spend less than 20 billion euros for these purposes.

"Given the need to not only re-equip the Russian army, but also significantly increase the number of contractors, improve the power of soldiers, clothing and monetary allowances, solve the housing problem of military personnel, it cannot be excluded that at some point military spending could reach four percent of GDP," expert.

According to him, “for a country facing the challenges of modernizing healthcare and education, as well as updating the entire infrastructure, this is a very high proportion.”

“However, given the fifteen-year underfunding of the country's defense and the high likelihood of exacerbation of the military-political situation in the post-Soviet space, especially in Central Asia, the envisaged military spending is not only permissible but also absolutely necessary,” Pukhov said.

Comments

[Motherland]

"Even the current plans are very ambitious and contain very high macroeconomic risks. If the plans for financing GPV-2020 are actually fulfilled, the average annual cost of purchasing weapons and military equipment will amount to two trillion rubles, which at the current exchange rate gives about 47 billion euros per year," - said R. Pukhov.

For comparison, he noted, Great Britain and France, which have economies comparable to those of Russia, annually spend less than 20 billion euros for this purpose. "
Well, the amount is allocated taking into account how much money is stolen.

[Alexei]

Good economy. Something I did not see the phrase "development of new types of weapons." How sad it is.

[akvald]

They do not want to "feed" their army, no matter how they have to feed someone else's!
The situation in the world makes, as it were, begin to invest in the army more, especially that they began to lag behind noticeably, under the "command" of perdyukov!

[kesa1111]

http://www.nr2.ru/economy/351814.html
This is what holds back the country's economic development.

[Siberian]

What a "jamb" !!!!!! The lieutenant is in the old uniform. "Freaks" with the letter "M" in no way (second year) can not change the army into uniforms of a new model.

[zombies]

There is the state of Israel, which spends 10% of GDP on the army, and this does not prevent it from being a successful country, if they spend less, they just crush it. You need to spend on defense as much as the country's security requires

[wave]

Come on, spend on rearmament! Do not regret it! Then it will pay off!
And if you are a weak (militarily) power - it will be more expensive.

[Mr. Truth]

You can rearm the army for that kind of money, you need more long-term planning, and a strong will of leadership, and we don’t have this

[APASUS]

For comparison, he noted, the United Kingdom and France, which have comparable economies to the Russian economy, annually spend less than 20 billion euros for these purposes.

These countries simply support their defense, for these 20 billion. At this stage, Russia has to rebuild the Armed Forces! During the restructuring, the entire budget of the country was $ 20 billion, pennies were released there for defense!
Not quite a good comparison.

[zczczc]

Our situation is called a "broken trough" - the threats are looming more and more clearly, and the time for the rise of the country from the ashes has been lost - we had a good walk on petrodollars. And, what is especially scary - they will continue to walk further!

[Denis]

CAST-MAIN .... ST
contest for the best rhyme

[Tyumen]

Good photo. How many broniks did Medvedev wear under his jacket? He is 4 times thicker than a fighter. Judging by the physiognomy, he went nuts.

[cabin boy]

Slowly but surely, step by step, the "damned Medveputy" are winning back their sovereignty. First, we managed to get money for the resources extracted from us by wasting our budget, now they say: "We will spend the money as we think is necessary in the interests of the country, dissenting curators from the" Washinktong regional committee "can be free."

[PSih2097]

The costs of rearmament of the Russian army constrain the economic opportunities of the country, the director of the Center

So no problem, allow the sale of weapons, everything will go up ... But everyone will go to war with his Kalash ... and God forbid, if only with Kalash ...

[d.gksueyjd]

There is a saying: "Generals are preparing for the last war." Now it will not work how to drown the enemy in 45 soldiers' blood. Whatever they say about the United States, the "desert storm" showed that the war has reached a fundamentally new level, where everything is decided by technology, not patriotism and the amount of obsolete technology.