This paper deals with a variety of issues related to Russian military-industrial complex in the wake of Russia-Georgia conflict. The 2008 military and economic processes in RF have found themselves affected by changes in the nation's military and political leadership – the new Supreme...

At the end of 2012, Russia adopted the Law ‘On the State Defense Order.' In its present form, that Law does not have any direct effect in the RF legal system. Moreover, it contains so many blanket and reference norms that analysts have begun to doubt the true intentions behind this legislative...

Departmental statistics of growth in production in the defense sector is highly distorted by liberalization of requirements to fulfillment of the state defense order on the part of the Ministry of Defense and the Military Industrial Commission. Despite the international sanctions, in 2015 the...

In administrating the 2016 federal budget, a single adjustment was made in November. Under the Law on the 2016 Federal Budget, allocations on the “National Defense” section of the budget expenditures were initially set at RUB 3,149 trillion, or RUB 32bn (1%) less than actual expenditures a...

Исследованы отечественный и зарубежный опыт координации развития экономики и обеспечения традиционных функций государства в области внешней и внутренней...

After the July and September meetings of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, the RF Government continued its search for a compromise concerning the ceiling for budget funding to be allocated to the next government armaments program for 2018–2025; however, the target...

Indicators of output growth in the defense sector have lagged far behind the target figures. Growth in public investment rates is overtaking growth in output, thereby causing abnormal growth in prices of defense industry products and upsurge in corruption. Meeting the President's requirements on...

In the new version of the Military Doctrine, the topical issues of the Russian Military Doctrine remained unchanged in general, however, such objectives as optimization of defense expenditures, efficient planning and allocation of financial and material resources were excluded from its text,...

The defense industry's 2015 preliminary performance results have been published. Early fulfillment of the state armament program's intermediate target index shows that military expenditures are of an excessive nature. Agencies' reporting data are controversial and need be specified. Russia's...