MOSCOW. June 17 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Defense Ministry has said that the financing of national defense and security from next year's budget will be insufficient and has asked that expenditures be updated, Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Kvashnin said at a government meeting on Thursday.
The analysis of documents from the Finance Ministry "does not give grounds to suggest national defense can be ensured and the crisis in the Armed Forces resolved," he said.