Russia Boosts Defense Spending 31.5%
The August war with Georgia over South Ossetia has led Russian lawmakers to substantially increase defense expenditures. The federal budget for 2009-11, adopted by the Duma at the end of October, shows a 60-billion-ruble (about $2.2-billion) increase in defense spending for 2009 compared to the...
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