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Medvedev clarifies his remarks about 'military budget'
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TASS
Russia continues to fulfill its social obligations even as it conducts military operations, said Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of United Russia and deputy head of the Security Council, at a meeting of the party’s program commission devoted to the draft budget.
"Recently, in a meeting with the United Russia faction, I noted that we will have a military budget for a three-year period.
There’s no point in pretending: if the country is at war, its budget is military by necessity.
He went on to say that one of the country’s most important tasks is to fulfill all social obligations and develop social spheres.
This is precisely what our enemies will exploit in their attempts to destabilize the country," Medvedev added.