
The plans of the Russian authorities to completely re-equip the Armed Forces are at risk due to growth in military products. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.
“The negative impact of the increase in prices on cooperation products will lead to a sharp decrease in the profitability of completed tasks, and in some cases to the losses of the head organizations of the defense industry,” the official said. “Not to mention the increase in the cost of weapons, military and special equipment.”
“You can’t allow this,” Rogozin added. The official noted the presence of "external pressure that is on our country and provoked by this pressure of the crisis," saying that they "set us new tasks that need to be solved promptly."
In mid-December, the deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission, Oleg Bochkarev, said that in 2015 the volume of state defense order will increase by 20 percent compared to the previous year, and in 2017 this indicator will be higher than in 2014, already 40 percent. “The state defense system is becoming more popular and popular,” the official said. “He is guaranteed and confirmed by money. In addition, the president clearly indicated that the costs of the defense industry will not change regardless of the conditions of the economy.”