MOSCOW. Nov 26 (Interfax-AVN) - The re-equipment and weapons acquisition programs of Russia's penitentiary system in 2004 will be worth under 1 percent of its total expenditure, which is not in line with Russia's National Security Concept, a competent source in the State Duma told Interfax-Military News Agency Wednesday.
This conclusion was stated in the Account Chamber's audit of the draft budget 2004, submitted to the lower house of parliament.
The total allocation for the penitentiary system in 2004 is RUB48.3bn (USD1.6bn), while as little as 0.54 percent of total expenditure are to be allocated for acquisition and MRO of operational hardware, according to the audit report.
The report reads that the expenses for R&D, automation, communication, surveillance, electronic and information countermeasures have not been raised year-on-year since 2001.
"This architecture still focusing the human rather than technical factor in penitentiary action is not fully in line with the National Security Concept of the Russian Federation," the report reads.
The expenditure proportions are the same, the report says: personnel provision - 56.5 percent (in 2003 - 56.1 percent), provision of the inmates - 33.7 (34.6 percent), combat training and logistical support of units - 4.8 percent (4.2 percent), acquisition and MRO of weapons and special hardware - 0.54 percent (0.54 percent), health care and education, including specialized educational establishments - 2.6 percent (2.3 percent), implementation of special federal programs - 1.1 percent (1.1 percent), and insurance of the personnel - 0.9 percent (1.3 percent).
The draft allocation for 2004, by 5 percent more than in 2003 (RUB45.7bn, or USD1.5bn), accounts for 17.7 percent of the total expenses on law enforcement and state security (18.7 percent in 2003).