The military budget of Belarus: where to spend "crumbs"?

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The military budget of Belarus: where to spend "crumbs"?


Belarus, as a peacemaker, does not seem to need an army. This conclusion is made by military experts against the background of an analysis of the defense budgets of the country of previous years. Recall that 18 December 2015 of the year in the Republic of Belarus for a record short time (for two days!) The budget for the 2016 year was adopted. And since the coming year promises to be even more stressful and difficult for the economy, numerous analysts consider it an honor to plunge into the calculations of who and how much will fall out of the “bins” of the state in the coming year.

The Military-Political Review also assessed the military component of the budget. After analyzing the volume of cash allocations for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of previous years, the conclusions were not the most positive. It is important to note that according to the results of the study, the following pattern was derived - the volume of financing in recent years has been constantly growing, but in terms of foreign currency (US dollars) were approximately at the same level. For example, financing the needs of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus in 2014 amounted to 7,9 trillion. rubles, which is equivalent, at the time of the adoption of the budget, was 779,4 million dollars. The following 2015 year showed a positive trend in the increase in the budget in Belarusian rubles, with 7,9 trillion. rubles, up to 8,8 trillion However, in dollar terms it was already 746,1 million.

Interestingly, in 2016, the 10 trillion was allocated to the needs of the military department. rubles! But again, when converted to dollars (at the rate at the end of January 2016) - this amount turns into a modest 540 million. This figure is already significantly lower than even in neighboring Lithuania (574 million euros), whose army is four ( !) times less.

However, the leadership of the Baltic countries does not regret allocating additional funds for the purchase of new weapons. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia annually increase allocations for their own armed forces, procure new radars, armored vehicles, howitzers, helicopters, anti-tank systems and MANPADS. Against the background of the new defense budget of the Republic of Belarus, the statement of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense of the Region about the purchase of 88 German Boxer armored personnel carriers worth about 400 million euros (about 8,5 trillion rubles) just looks mocking.

It is important to emphasize that the rest of our neighbors are not lagging behind in the same indicators. Thus, a poor and belligerent Ukraine declared that more than 100 billion hryvnias (a little more than four billion dollars) would be spent on military needs this year, and the military department of the Republic of Poland could count on the 8,9 billion dollars, which were record for the country this year. ! Apparently, it was not for nothing that the Minister of Defense of Belarus, Lieutenant-General Andrei Ravkov, in one of his interviews with the national television, unequivocally pointed out the possibility of potential threats and challenges from Poland.

An important factor is the fact that the NATO leadership, in a “voluntary-compulsory” procedure, recommended to the member countries of the alliance to bring their military spending to the level of 2% of GDP. And everyone is striving for it successfully, and some, for example, Estonia, even exceeded this indicator (2,07%). For comparison, in Belarus’s 2015, the military budget was about 1% of GDP, and in 2016, according to forecasts, it will be even less - 0,8%.

It is not difficult to calculate what all the same can afford to buy the defense department of Belarus with the allocated funds. Moreover, the military-political leadership of the country declared the need to acquire new aircraft, the air defense system, the Polonez MLRS and the planned modernization of numerous weapons.

And again, it will be appropriate to recall the statement by Andrei Ravkov on plans to purchase Yak-2016 aircraft from Russia on 130 and Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, in the summer of 2015, it became known that a contract was signed between the Ministry of Defense of Belarus and the Russian Helicopters holding for the supply of six Russian-made military transport helicopters Mi-2016MTV-8 in 5.

Let us turn to the numbers: four combat training Yak-130s will cost the defense budget about 60 million. The amount of the deal with the Russian Helicopters holding is estimated at $ 100 million ($ 15 million per car). And all these are minimal, primary needs for aviation. As a result, we already get the amount of almost a third of the allocated funds (160 million dollars), excluding the purchase of even one new modern fighter, whose approximate export value is about 50 million.

Now consider the possibilities of the Belarusian defense ministry in acquiring air defense systems. For the new complex "Top-M2" will have to pay about two million, and the desired division will cost 30 million. And, of course, it would be simply indecent not to say how much a C-400 division (which includes eight launchers, a control center, a radar station) can cost. Its cost is as much as 500 million dollars, which is almost the entire budget of the Belarusian military department.

Yes, there is an assumption that in the case of a purchase, Russia will lower prices slightly or allow a deferment of payment. But, nevertheless, for Belarus, at the moment, such amounts remain exorbitant. Summing up, one can say the following: with such funding for the defense sector, sooner or later the question will arise: pay the soldiers ’money allowance and feed the conscripts or buy modern equipment.

At the same time, it is absolutely clear that the financing of the defense complex of our country and the number did not stand with the level of military expenditures of the neighboring countries and the military assistance rendered to them from the North Atlantic Alliance. And this directly affects all sectors in the field of national security. In addition, one should not rely on the help of Russia, as the main strategic military partner of Belarus, it is necessary to take into account the current economic situation there.

Based on this, Minsk needs to independently find opportunities for organizing and adjusting its own weapons, as well as looking for new partners. These include the joint development with the People's Republic of China of the modern MLRS Polonez, the beginning of work on the development and creation of their own cruise missiles, the formation of new, modern areas of air defense, and the modernization of existing weapons. In the foreseeable future, it is planned to continue re-equipping the country's army with modern types of weapons and military equipment, including those produced by national manufacturers. In particular, the equipment for the integrated protection of aircraft from high-precision weapons - Onboard complexes "Satellite" and "Talisman". It is not excluded that, not without the help of Ukrainian colleagues, the production of active Barrier and Dynamic Knife protection systems for tanks T-72B.

The main thing is that all these projects should be brought to a logical conclusion, and should not be interrupted due to problems with financing. Belarus on the world political arena of 2015 of the year was perhaps the most important peacemaker, which brought dividends. However, this is not a reason to stop “feeding” your army, otherwise there is a risk to start feeding someone else’s.
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  1. +5
    27 January 2016 05: 42
    Honestly fulfill your allied duty to Russia and spend will have incomparably less and with greater benefit.
    1. +12
      27 January 2016 06: 16
      Belarus brothers and nothing to strain spending a lot of money on defense! It’s necessary to moderate your (read father’s) ambitions and agree on the role of the Belarusian military district in the framework of the union state! Contain an appropriate army. Spend the released funds on the economy! Give the opportunity to create a military base in Russia. And then no NATO country will ever consider contacting White Russia!
      1. +10
        27 January 2016 06: 55
        Quote: Finches
        Belarus brothers and nothing to strain spending a lot of money on defense!

        And they do not strain and do not spend, the rearmament of the army of Belarus is at the expense of Russia. So the article says how much they hurt the Yak 130 and air defense systems, this is nonsense.
        700 million dollars is a havchik, salary, social welfare, fuel, utilities and other trifles. Belarus did not have money for re-equipment and does not. Everything comes at the expense of Russia and not on credit, but as a gift.
        Although some write here, there is no Old Man well done, he is re-equipping his army. Nude Nude lol
        Quote: Finches
        Give the opportunity to create a military base in Russia.

        He’s that pretzel, sometimes listening to him it seems to me that he is a crest.
        1. +3
          27 January 2016 07: 28
          He is the crest.
        2. +1
          27 January 2016 08: 42
          Sometimes it seems that our government loves fraternal peoples more than its own - it writes off debts, presents discounts on everything and again gives money supposedly in debt, but then it turns out that it’s free .... laughing
        3. +1
          1 February 2016 19: 02
          And they do not strain and do not spend, the rearmament of the army of Belarus comes at the expense of Russia
          Do you have proof that this is money at the expense of Russia?
          Russia does not give anything just like that, the Chinese launched a satellite for the brothers of Russians
          already one satellite was dropped in the Kazakh steppes
      2. 0
        27 January 2016 08: 44
        Not so simple. What a howl will raise "civilized" I even keep quiet. How the Belarusians themselves will react to such infringement of sovereignty. We have been living without the Union for 25 years, a generation has grown up that cannot imagine how it is possible to live in one country. Problems may arise even with the most adequate citizens, and if you take into account a certain number of stoned people who take an example from country 404, then riots are very likely. Nevertheless, the airbase seems to be there? Yes, and in case of war, there must be plans for cover and deployment there. Interaction is well written in the fictional Hot Spring 2015. It has not come true yet, thank God, but it is very likely that it will be, just later.
    2. +8
      27 January 2016 06: 16
      Belarusians produce some of the armaments for themselves, rabbits, so to recount the military budget in the currency of idiocy. What Belarusians are buying for currency- NATO rubbish? No. Compared with the Baltic states am Belarusians supply their military commissar to us (tractors for strategists and sights ...) What do the Baltic military men themselves produce? The author's garden (TBM)!
      1. +2
        27 January 2016 09: 27
        Not a bad part. laughing
        They have more than 50 enterprises operating in the military-industrial complex.
        Full list: http://www.vpk.gov.by
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  2. 0
    27 January 2016 05: 42
    Belarus always relies on fraternal assistance from Russia.
    1. +5
      27 January 2016 05: 51
      Quote: avvg
      Belarus always relies on the fraternal assistance of Russia and Russia has always provided assistance to Belarus.

      We’ll help you further. All you have to do is to impose your conditions, for example, the complete destruction of trash that looks at Westerners and fights on the side of the ukrovermaht.
      1. +12
        27 January 2016 07: 48
        Quote: not a Jew
        .Here you just need to impose certain conditions, for example, the complete destruction of trash that looks at the Westerners and is fighting on the side of the ukrovermaht.

        Only Russia does not interfere, for a start, with its trash, which is fighting in the same ukrovermaht, to understand. Yes, and to restrain the liberals, too, would not hurt. Yes, and stop pumping money into the United States in the form of buying American securities ... Continue next?
        1. +2
          27 January 2016 08: 05
          Quote: Eragon
          Continue to continue?

          Well, of course, just started.
      2. +4
        27 January 2016 08: 49
        Quote: not a Jew
        complete destruction of trash that looks at the Westerners and fights on the side of the ukrovermaht.

        So we must first close the rain channel ourselves, the echo of Moscow. However, they thrive. Because a significant part of the "race ylita" look to the west much more faithfully than the Belarusians. Those, with all their desire, are unable to resist the West, looking at our "ambiguity" are beginning to look for a way out to the West themselves. Something like this.
        1. 0
          27 January 2016 09: 04
          Quote: unwillingly
          So we must first close the rain channel ourselves, the echo of Moscow. However, they thrive. Because a significant part of the "race ylita" look to the west much more faithfully than the Belarusians.

          There’s no bazaar, that’s the way it is. The only thing we are discussing is the Belarusian military budget and we don’t need to turn the arrows into our earplugs. If our state provides a lot of gratuitous help, it seems like the Russians have the right to know why the Chekist is not more tough with his Minsk colleague.
    2. +6
      27 January 2016 06: 04
      And maybe all the same to return to the vile reality ... Look at the "brothers" in 404 and finally stop raving about "brotherly peoples, brotherly help" and start thinking about their homeland and not about the "relatives" of drug addicts and alcoholics?
      1. 0
        27 January 2016 06: 25
        Quote: Vladimir
        Look at the "brothers" in 404 and eventually stop raving about "brotherly peoples, brotherly help"

        Here, as it’s unpleasant to hear, but Russia itself is to blame. It was necessary to send sensible diplomats and hold the leaders of Kiev with an iron grip. And then they were given liberties, now they have got a freak neighbor.
        1. +2
          27 January 2016 06: 28
          No, I had to go my own way and work on myself and not rave about "greatness" which immediately ends as soon as oil and gas is fifteen.
          1. +2
            27 January 2016 06: 31
            Quote: Vladimir
            No, I had to go my own way

            It is very interesting to hear what this path is like.
            1. +3
              27 January 2016 08: 17
              Glazyev read.
              1. -2
                27 January 2016 08: 22
                Not seriously. I would like specifically your vision.
            2. +4
              27 January 2016 09: 25
              Quote: not a Jew
              It is very interesting to hear what this path is like.

              In short: look at China. I mean a paradoxical situation - for almost 30 years now China has been "building capitalism" under the leadership of ... the Communist Party. But at first glance, this is a paradox, and if you look a little deeper, then there are no inventions, nothing new - this is the NEP policy, which Soviet Russia successfully applied to get out of the devastation of the civil war, almost a hundred years ago. Of course, in a changed world, taking into account many mistakes. Gorbachev's main crime is that he let go of the party reins (removed the "leading role of the CPSU") in government, hoping that with the introduction of elements of democracy (in the best sense of the word), the economy "by itself" will begin modernization. But we got what we got. And China, having looked at everything that was happening in the USSR-Russia, made the right conclusions, for a start, crushed Tiananmen with tanks, and only then began to build a "bright future".
              1. 0
                27 January 2016 09: 55
                Quote: Eragon

                In short: look at China

                I see. Extremely curious. We will go through the blood and other unpleasant things and us will go in a bundle and then you may ask us to go to the 10th federal district. I personally do not mind unification, but in fairness, it’s better to eat tea instead of village than if later .
                1. +3
                  27 January 2016 10: 20
                  Quote: not a Jew
                  We will go through blood and other unpleasant things

                  Do you consider the 1000 victims in the square a lot of blood? Isn't Chechnya blood? And tens of millions of Russian expelled from the "fraternal" republics is not blood? Or is it bad that we didn't have blood?
                  Quote: not a Jew
                  I personally am not opposed to unification, but in fairness, it’s better to take slurp instead of village than if you later apply for ready-made pies.

                  Excuse me, but where was Russia in the 90s, when, for example, only to eliminate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Belarus spent 20-30 billion dollars annually. When there was an all-Russian "cut". Half of our military pensioners are Russians, who in those days rushed out of Russia not from a happy life. So there is no need to reason from a comfortable position right now, let's see how relations have developed over the entire post-Soviet period. By the way, you have not tried to consider the question - how will it be if the oil falls to $ 10? We have lived under the sanctions for 15 years, the usual, and besides forest, peat, potassium salts, there are no raw materials, to sell abroad, except that we produce nothing at "bad" enterprises. And what will happen to the Russian economy.
                  PS And the roads are not asphalted with fat, but so that radioactive dust rises less. 1 / 5 part of Belarus is unsuitable for living due to pollution. This is so, by the way.
                  1. +1
                    27 January 2016 11: 23
                    Quote: Eragon
                    Are you the 1000 dead in the area that you consider a lot of blood?

                    I didn’t count them at all, and significantly more died + a lot of military equipment was destroyed.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    Isn't Chechnya blood? And tens of millions of Russian expelled from the "fraternal" republics is not blood?

                    This is exactly what I had in mind, as well as one-hundred-percent mixing between my people as in Civil.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    Or that we didn’t have blood is bad?

                    They rushed to extremes. I will say more, please quote me where I spoke badly about Belarus, well, this is so for a snack.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    Sorry, but where was Russia in the 90s, when, for example, Belarus alone spent $ 20-30 billion annually on eliminating the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.

                    Where did the money come from, Zin?
                    Quote: Eragon
                    We have half of the military pensioners - Russians, who in those days rushed from Russia not from a happy life

                    Oh, how many of your fellow citizens went to Russia to earn money, by the way, and now this phenomenon has a place to be. According to my estimates, these people will be more than the Russians who moved to Belarus.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    By the way, you have not tried to consider the question - how will it be if oil falls to $ 10

                    Consider: we will not transfer money for the completion of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    We then lived under sanctions for 15 years,

                    I have not heard, chesslovo.
                    Quote: Eragon
                    And the roads are not paved with grease, but so that the radioactive dust rises less. 1 / 5 part of Belarus is unsuitable for living due to pollution. This is so, by the way.

                    Fuh, it’s carried, because they could have said that the damned m, oh, s, k, a, l, and I are to blame. That's why we treat you much more warmly than you know who.
                    1. 0
                      27 January 2016 17: 15
                      Quote: not a Jew
                      Quote: Eragon
                      And the roads are not paved with grease, but so that the radioactive dust rises less. 1 / 5 part of Belarus is unsuitable for living due to pollution. This is so, by the way.

                      Fuh, it’s carried, because they could have said that the damned m, oh, s, k, a, l, and I are to blame. That's why we treat you much more warmly than you know who.

                      Well ... words are just obscene. Well this is it - or m.o.s.c.a.l. or h.o.h.o.l or various derivatives thereof. Yes, you forget these words. I myself am from Dnepropetrovsk, a grandfather from the Urals, a grandmother from the Khmelnitsky region, the second grandfather is a Jew, and his wife is from the Grodno region. And now the question is in the studio: Well, and who am I, a Jew, KAA.C.A.P., Kh.O.Kh.O.L, al is an unknown animal at all. Zadolbali divide the Russian people.
                      1. 0
                        27 January 2016 22: 24
                        Quote: Eragon
                        Well ... words are just obscene. Well this is it - or m.o.s.c.a.l. or h.o.h.o.l or various derivatives thereof. Yes, you forget these words. Zadolbali divide the Russian people.

                        But there is no need to swear, tea is not in the pub. Do not forget anything. And as practice shows, there are Slavs who very strongly separate themselves from the so-called Russian people. It is necessary to keep everything in mind and when the brother is unhealthy, unhappy and used as a condom crawls, be sure to take it on bail.
                  2. 0
                    27 January 2016 19: 51
                    By the way, you have not tried to consider the question - how will it be if oil falls to $ 10?


                    If it falls that way, Belarus will not sell 6 million tons of oil annually, as you ask for $ 142, how much you can google on the market, because you no longer have a higher price and then the export of oil products from the republic will come to naught like all social.
                    I do not exaggerate and do not scoff, I just give the facts.
    3. +5
      27 January 2016 06: 15
      Quote: avvg
      Belarus always relies on fraternal assistance from Russia.

      Only in this case, fraternal assistance is one-sided. It is not recalled that Russia received assistance from Belarus.
      1. -1
        27 January 2016 06: 51
        Quote: Al_oriso
        It is not recalled that Russia received assistance from Belarus.

        Maybe they didn’t ask, the shy ones
      2. +2
        27 January 2016 09: 35
        Quote: Al_oriso
        Quote: avvg
        Belarus always relies on fraternal assistance from Russia.

        Only in this case, fraternal assistance is one-sided. It is not recalled that Russia received assistance from Belarus.

        No money, no help, and let us be realistic, we will never help. But ... New divisions, divisions, flotillas, etc. are formed anywhere, but not on the shortest route from Europe to Moscow. The military infrastructure is not being built up in Smolensk, Bryansk and other regions bordering on Belarus. Why is that? Because a probable traitor is close at hand, or because the leadership of Russia is confident that in the event of the hour "H" Belarus, after all, will cover this direction, at least for the time required for mobilization? By the way, this indirectly characterizes well the state of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus - apparently the General Staff of Russia believes that their state is no worse than the state of the Russian Armed Forces. At least in this direction.
        Now estimate how much it costs to deploy a full-fledged military grouping in the central direction. To protect the capital.
        1. avt
          +1
          27 January 2016 11: 26
          Quote: Eragon
          ... New divisions, divisions, flotillas, etc. formed anywhere, but not in the shortest direction from Europe to Moscow. Neither in Smolensk, nor Bryansk, nor in other areas bordering Belarus, military infrastructure is being built up. Why is that?

          Dig the Belarusian sea on the border with Russia, or instead of Lithuania, we will form a flotilla and even a second Baltic fleet. For the overland parts of the campaign, they missed a lot in the current moment of life. The air defense is being rearmed in the Moscow region, and this is already the first air defense line in today's realities, a division is being formed near Smolensk and the 1st tank in the western direction, and Kaliningrad is being rearmed. So after the story with the base for the Russian Air Force in joint interests, when Shoigu said that by the end of 2015 we would open it, and Father Alexander Borodach performed - “I'm not in kugs! Gebats! "So all the oohs and oohs are like, You have nothing!"
          Quote: Eragon
          Now estimate how much it costs to deploy a full-fledged military grouping in the central direction. To protect the capital.

          "We'll screw you up."
          Quote: Eragon
          because the leadership of Russia is confident that in the event of the hour "H" Belarus, after all, will cover these directions, at least for the time required for mobilization?

          already the campaign is not rolled. For a long time, the majority accepted it as an objective reality, given in a sensation, which we are constantly reminded of - Belarus is a sovereign state, again, do not forget Batskino - “We don’t trade in suvaryanity.” Current that your sovereign Armed Forces, according to the constitution, have no right to fight outside republics, even within the framework of the CSTO. So, do them yourself and let Butler give orders - they should be built in one line, or two. Well, with weapons, at internal Russian prices, and even with a loan within the framework of the CSTO and the EAEU ... .so you get the same.
          Quote: Eragon
          Belarus always relies on fraternal assistance from Russia.
          Only in this case, fraternal assistance is one-sided. It is not recalled that Russia received assistance from Belarus.
          The elephant chided the wolf - "why didn't you help me in the battle with the rhinos." Something like this.

          laughing Why didn't Batska help Bakiev - he didn't send the troops, the battalion would have been enough, but only yelled at the camera - "Well, where is the CSTO?", "Rhinos" frightened !?
        2. 0
          27 January 2016 12: 29
          And what is the fleet in this flotilla?
      3. 0
        27 January 2016 10: 22
        Quote: Al_oriso
        Quote: avvg
        Belarus always relies on fraternal assistance from Russia.

        Only in this case, fraternal assistance is one-sided. It is not recalled that Russia received assistance from Belarus.

        The elephant chided the wolf - "why didn't you help me in the battle with the rhinos." Something like this.
    4. +4
      27 January 2016 06: 19
      Well, yes, Russia is a rich country, it has plenty of money, it will cover it with its shield and, if necessary, will donate the necessary weapons free of charge. And Belarus, as usual, will direct its money to new roads and pensions to its citizens.
      1. -5
        27 January 2016 06: 42
        Quote: Nikolai K
        Russia is a rich country, it has plenty of money, it will cover it with its shield and, if necessary, donate necessary weapons

        The country is rich, only the military and political leadership are complete fools, because they distribute a freebie to the ball, but they cannot pressure the dad properly, so that he would do everything as the sponsor tells him.
        1. -2
          27 January 2016 06: 58
          Quote: not a Jew

          The country is a rich, only military-political leadership full of fools,

          My God, it’s good that in our country we are as smart as you. You are simply the lamb of Russia, its savior. Take control of the country and faster.
          Although one of my friends also knows how to bring the country to a new economic level. I tell him, so let's go to the premieres. And he to me-I can’t, I need to tax.
          1. 0
            27 January 2016 07: 06
            Yes, if you had ceased your sarcasm, I would have gladly gone, the current was not in the premieres, but in the presidency. Once from Siberia there was no taxis.
        2. +1
          27 January 2016 09: 46
          Yes, we all remember how the brothers helped Ukrainians with gas prices and soft loans and what came of it. And Old Man, as an affectionate calf, sucks two brands. It is based on the maintenance of Russia, promising it loyalty, but at the same time, is not averse to making money on trade with the West, including sanctioned goods.
  3. +3
    27 January 2016 05: 43
    Oh, Belarusians live well, they don’t need to inflate the military budget.
    1. +1
      27 January 2016 05: 56
      Just like cheese in butter.wink
    2. +2
      27 January 2016 10: 09
      Quote: Blondy
      Oh, Belarusians live well, they don’t need to inflate the military budget.

      Yeah, we live "very well", the dollar doubled in 2015, the population almost prays for its rate, factories work for 2-3 days, prices are higher than those of neighbors. Come to us for permanent residence, you will see that not everything is as beautiful in Belarus as you think
  4. +6
    27 January 2016 05: 50
    Why splurge? I leased the Russian airbase and helicopters do not need to be bought.
    1. 0
      27 January 2016 06: 59
      Quote: Mavrikiy
      no need to buy.

      He does not buy them.
  5. +4
    27 January 2016 05: 51
    Belarus in the world political arena of 2015 was almost the most important peacekeeper, which brought its dividends. However, this is not a reason to stop "feeding" your army, otherwise there is a risk of starting to feed someone else's.


    While LUKASHENKO holds the state structure in the gauntlets for the most part, nothing terrible will happen there.
    Problems will begin if the country follows the Ukrainian path ... then there will be a mother not to grieve.

    Weapons in BELARUS are enough for partisan and local warfare and there’s simply not enough internal resources ... RUSSIA will help if only there is no betrayal from the local political elite.
    Having finished with UKRAINE WASHINGTON will try in accordance with the politics of divide and rule to tear apart and BELARUS ... wait and see.
  6. -2
    27 January 2016 05: 52
    Without their own weapons, all that remains is how to be a peacemaker. Otherwise, “the children will not forgive” (words of Lukashenka).
  7. +6
    27 January 2016 05: 53
    The budget is not rubber, this is understandable. Moreover, the refusal to deploy our air base is not clear. They do not want the Russian one - they will place the NATO one. There are few options.
    1. +2
      27 January 2016 07: 21
      "Moreover, the refusal to place our air base is not understandable."
      Lukashenka is tied with loans from the West, as well as all the countries of the world ... It also gives loans to Minsk and Russia, but just so that Belarus does not carry out the "privatization", which is what Western creditors demand from it. We need its defense complex, the West does not. We need an air base, the West does not. So Lukashenka is spinning, like in a frying pan ...
  8. +6
    27 January 2016 05: 55
    "And the chest just opened!" A full-fledged (real) union state is being created (with Russia, naturally), a single currency (Russian ruble) is introduced, the army is switching to Russian standards and that's it! There are no problems! soldier
    1. +4
      27 January 2016 07: 42
      "It was just on paper, but they forgot about the ravines, and walk on them ..."
      A full-fledged union state is possible only under the condition of independent Russia and the presence of its sovereign currency - the ruble, today Russia is a colony of the West, and its ruble in fact is a repainted colonial dollar.
      Understanding all this, Putin tried to take the Central Bank of the Russian Federation three times, but his western masters turned out to be stronger, then Putin took the Crimea. This historical moment should be considered the beginning of an open war for the independence and sovereignty of Russia.
    2. +1
      27 January 2016 09: 49
      So Old Man does not want to go under Putin. He wants Belarus to leave his son on the board. Anyway, he’s so good. And they feed and pleases, but they don’t take to marry. . . it didn’t hurt so much, because look at the beginning.
  9. +7
    27 January 2016 05: 57
    simple "nyama at But Father's pledge stock" that's all!
  10. +2
    27 January 2016 05: 59
    The phrase "you shouldn't rely on Russia's help ..." Also reflections on the economic situation in Russia and the search for new partners. IS THIS trade? Who will give more? So what?
    Syria is only hoping for Russia's help.
  11. +7
    27 January 2016 06: 01
    To help, then we will help, if only in response "they don’t shit in slippers," but as someone needs something, so Russia! And how it was "allowed" - for some reason, one immediately forgets about brotherhood, good-neighborliness and, practically, family ties ... hi
    1. +2
      27 January 2016 06: 29
      As if Russia gave some reason to "look for new partners."
      1. +1
        27 January 2016 07: 18
        Quote: Reptiloid
        As if Russia gave some reason to "look for new partners."

        Yes, he can figure out how it will work out with Crimea.
  12. 0
    27 January 2016 06: 01
    It's time to unite the Russian world, the Baltic states too. Having previously put in place the sixes of the West from the local "elites". And it's time to take Germany and Italy, some of the names of their capitals speak volumes ...) The Anglo-Saxons can go to their "mighty" island, and the "promised land" is allocated to the Zionists. They won't calm down until they get there anyway. The Russians should also have global plans ...
    1. +3
      27 January 2016 06: 14
      Quote: ava09
      It's time to unite the Russian world, the Baltic states too. Having previously put in place the sixes of the West from the local "elites". And it's time to take Germany and Italy, some of the names of their capitals speak volumes ...) The Anglo-Saxons can go to their "mighty" island, and the "promised land" is allocated to the Zionists. They won't calm down until they get there anyway. The Russians should also have global plans ...


      Wow. Straight on Mayakovsky.
      I love our plans
      Swipe steps fencing.
      I rejoice in the march with which we go to work and to battle.

      1. 0
        27 January 2016 06: 47
        Quote: Kos_kalinki9
        Wow. Straight on Mayakovsky.
        I love our plans
        Swipe steps fencing.
        I rejoice in the march with which we go to work and to battle.


        Exactly. A big ship is cramped in a small river. If Russia is not worthy of integrating into someone's systems, it will burst. And the consciousness of Russians should not be the consciousness of the humiliated, it is not known for what the eternally "repentant".
        1. +1
          27 January 2016 07: 07
          Quote: ava09
          Exactly. A big ship is cramped in a small river. If Russia is not worthy of integrating into someone's systems, it will burst. And the consciousness of Russians should not be the consciousness of the humiliated, it is not known for what the eternally "repentant".

          Pants would not tear from this.
          As they say, Measure your desires with your capabilities.
  13. 0
    27 January 2016 06: 10
    The republic is not rich, the economy is low-competitive, inflation is high, so the crumbs are pulled out of the budget. Russia will naturally help, we won’t stay away!
  14. bad
    +2
    27 January 2016 06: 16
    It is important to emphasize that our other neighbors are not lagging behind in these indicators. So, poor and warring Ukraine said that more than 100 billion hryvnias (a little more than four billion dollars) will be spent this year on military needs
    ... do not rush to rejoice at the expense of Hohland and grieve about the military budget of Belarus, for Belarus, for all the misunderstandings in politics, all the power of RUSSIA still stands .. and dill the entire military budget drank as they need, not the first time we see it and predictably it .. and mattresses or geynato harnessed for dill, a big question .. laughing
  15. +3
    27 January 2016 06: 27
    The main thing for Belarusians is not to go crazy like Ukrainian neighbors, and then everything will be fine.
  16. +4
    27 January 2016 06: 34
    Lukashenko can really save on the military budget by having Russia behind him and hoping for her help if something happens. That's just the reverse side of "fraternal aid" must be. And it turns out somehow strange, and even behind Russia's back he constantly whispers with Ukraine.
  17. 0
    27 January 2016 06: 51
    Lukashenko Jr. has the entire set of military uniforms. What else do you need there? laughing

    1. 0
      27 January 2016 16: 20
      How much can you show this little moron? He would have torn off the pagons - and there would have been an increase in the budget !!! It would be better to wash my own footcloths.hi
  18. +3
    27 January 2016 07: 40
    Quote: Homo
    A full (real) union state is being created (with Russia naturally), a single currency (the Russian ruble) is being introduced, the army is moving to Russian standards and that’s it!


    Vaughn, how did you want to, Pull the Old Man away from the steering wheel, nope, not to go, what will he steer? Yes, if you knew that without the steering wheel, Old Man is death, drain water, sprinkle ash on your head. And the heir is growing up, what he will steer, so that he won’t be able to move closer to Russia, maybe this will happen in the future, but not at this time. Now the Old Man’s ambition does not allow to admit that without Russia Belarus would have long been someone else’s colony.
  19. aba
    0
    27 January 2016 08: 05
    Maybe they are hoping for gifts from Russia ?! But then we should rather expect from Ukraine.
  20. 0
    27 January 2016 08: 18
    Belarus understands that it is under the protection of Russia.
    And that if something happens, we will avenge her.
    That's why they are greyhound, passing shrimp and jamon to us.
    And also providing travel to our tourists in Turkey.
    I will not say anything about the Natsiks, for these are purely their own troubles.
    But here's what they let us in, we need to chop off.
  21. +1
    27 January 2016 08: 39
    The author is a big minus! So what if the costs are falling! In the end, it is not the machine gun or the plane that wins, but the one in whose hands it is! Please do not need proverbs like "If you do not want to feed your army, you will feed someone else's." You will remember the state of the Russian army in the 90s! And nothing, everything worked out. So it will be with us !!!
    1. +2
      27 January 2016 08: 53
      Quote: WOLF 107
      You will recall the state of the Russian army in the 90s! So we will !!!

      We remember that the truth of the Russian Federation still restores everything at the expense of its money and resources. Belarus is unlikely to be able to either, that is, alone.
  22. 0
    27 January 2016 08: 57
    Yes, there is an assumption that in the case of a purchase, Russia will slightly reduce prices or allow deferred payment.

    I’ll be very surprised if Russia receives real money for its weapons. Most likely there will be netting: leasing a military base or products of Belarusian manufactures.
    Against the background of the new defense budget of the Republic of Belarus, the statement of the Ministry of Protection of the Territory of Lithuania about the purchase of 88 German Boxer armored personnel carriers in the amount of about 400 million euros (about 8,5 trillion rubles) just looks mocking.

    The author, would you even give in the article the approximate figures of the BTT in service and in warehouses in Belarus. We have thousands of Soviet tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, against their background 88 Boxer armored personnel carriers are just a laugh. On earth, we have enough weapons, albeit not up-to-date, but we will be able to give them just a little tooth. But sadness is with the sky - that's why we buy Russian air defense systems.
  23. +2
    27 January 2016 12: 02
    There is nothing surprising in this. The spending on the army is primarily a reflection of the state of the economy. If we take our neighboring Poland, the GDP growth of this country continues for 23 years without interruption, so they can afford such expenses. Our "ycanomics" is in a famous place, hence the result.

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