Conflicting Results in the Russian Defence Sector

Abstract

Departmental statistics of growth in production in the defense sector is highly distorted by liberalization of requirements to fulfi lment 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 goal of the state armament program has been attained ahead of time, while the program actually ceased to be relevant. Fulfi lment of the RF President’s requirements to create a transparent defense economy and sort things out both in management of the militaryindustrial complex and pricing still encounters serious obstacles.