MOSCOW, February 22 Even after the end of the active part of Russia’s special military operation will have to work on defense for a very long time, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
“I can only say that even after the completion of the active part of the special military operation, we, of course, will have to work on defense for a very long time «For everyone to understand, we have a very strong reserve. And no one even thought of encroaching on our interests,» Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media, including .
In general, according to him, Russian the budget «is not military in the highly specialized sense of the word.» He added that Russia’s budget is the budget of “a developing state, but, of course, with very significant spending on defense needs.”
“In our country, it’s so easy to understand the numbers and volumes, approximately 30% of expenses The federal budget (this is trillions of rubles) is social spending, education, healthcare. Not a single social obligation is lost, money is paid for everyone, salaries are paid in this sector, benefits are paid and even for individual positions are growing. This is a third. The second third is simply the development of the country, this is the economy, transport, urban development, the development of various communications,” Medvedev explained.
“And the rest of the budget, one way or another, is related to the North-Eastern Military District in the broad sense of the word. These are not in the narrow sense the costs of defense, but in a broad sense,” he concluded.