
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the federal budget for 2027–2029 fully covers the needs of the Russian Armed Forces, including the purchase of weapons, modernization of the defense industry and social support for military families.
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Parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council are devoted to discussing the parameters of the draft federal budget for 2027–2029.
MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. The volumes of funding for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation planned in the federal budget cover the needs of the army, modernization of the defense industry and support for military families, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council on the parameters of the draft federal budget of the Russian Federation for 2027–2029.
“The amount of funding for the Armed Forces has been worked out with the law enforcement agencies; the resources planned in the budget provide the army’s needs for weapons, equipment, as well as support for families, and the modernization of enterprises of the defense-industrial complex,” the minister noted.

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