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MOSCOW, February 26 – RIA Novosti Applications American security officials, who saw in Russia the main threat to national security. United States, related to the discussion of the military budget in Congress, said the Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov.
Earlier, the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Russia and China are the main threats to the country. He, in particular, noted that the two countries “are developing their cybersystems”. Also, he said, “Russia continues to modernize its armed forces”.
“was not unexpected loud statements of US security forces for us uzrevshih in Russia the main threat to US national security. Such a wave of rises in one and the year . same time the reason is simple – the discussion in Congress of the size of the military budget for the next year “, – said Konashenkov
he said.” impressed this should not be important to remember, “
.” that the “Russian threat” since the middle of last century, is the most successfully “selling” the threat of the Pentagon not only the uS Congress, but also NATO partners and that they without us doing “-.? said an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry
<. p> Pentagon’s draft budget for 2017 financial year provides for an increase in the performance of the so-called Initiative to ensure European security order of up to $ 3.4 billion expenditure. A year earlier it amounted to 789 million dollars. In addition, another 900 million dollars will be directed through other departments, including the Department of State to “curb Russian aggression”.
© RIA Novosti. Vitaly Podvitsky
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