War in the budget version

The interference in the war going in Syria did not entail serious expenses for the Russian budget. This statement was made by Vladimir Putin during the annual large press conference, which takes place on Thursday at the Center for International Trade in Moscow.

To the war in Syria, the head of state explained, part of the funds intended for training the military was redirected.

In addition, Putin said that he was not sure whether Russia would need a military base in Latakia after the end of the war in Syria. “Why do we need a base there? If we need to get someone, we will get it anyway,” the head of state remarked.

In early October, immediately after Russia entered the war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also assured that the costs of participating in the war were completely covered with funds stipulated in the budget for supporting the army.

Later, in the same month, Vedomosti reported that the shelling of Syria with Caliber-NK winged missiles, produced on October 7, on Putin’s birthday , ships of the Caspian Flotilla, cost Russia from 500 million to 1 billion rubles. During the shelling, four ships of the flotilla launched 26 missiles on objects in the Middle Eastern country. Four of them did not reach their goals and fell in Iran .

At the end of October, RBC published an investigation that proved that the war in Syria costs the Russian budget at least $ 2.5 million daily . The greatest costs, the publication noted, falls on combat sorties. Their cost is a state secret, however, according to these sources of the publication, Russia spends from 3.5 million to 7 million rubles on an hour of flight.