MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - The state will earmark 4 trillion rubles ($125 billion) for arms procurements by 2011, including 1 trillion rubles ($31 billion) in 2009, the Russian prime minister said on Thursday.
Vladimir Putin said the modernization of defense related enterprises would continue despite the global financial crisis.
"The modernization of defense industry enterprises as well as the development of modern weapons should continue," he said.
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My Comment: This is more dreaming than reality. The problem for the Russian military is demographics and a lack of skill and motivated Russians to join the Russian arm forces. They can throw all the money that they want .... it will never be enough.