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About 1.1 trillion for rearmament by 2036.

It seems this is the most massive rearmament program since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Not even since the collapse. It's the most massive program since 1980.

Alright. If stars are being lit, it means someone needs them.

If this rearmament program is on such a massive scale,

it means there is a strategic objective. This objective, let's say, is the vector of movement.

This is Finland, Norway, the Baltics, Europe. So what is this, in general?

To answer your question, I can say the following.

This document, I know it very well, the one with the 1.1 trillion.

In fact, the figure is, I believe, 90 trillion Russian rubles.

That's the cost of the program. It's a conversion for a simpler understanding

of what these numbers represent.

So, the number one objective, as outlined in this foundational document,

is to prepare the Russian Federation for a war with NATO by 2030.

This is what all these actions and all these budgets are for.

The majority of the funds must be spent by approximately 2030.

After that, everything will start to decline.

The arms race is secondary; all the issues are strategic,

and these are the mechanisms for resolving them.

Look, the rearmament program you mentioned

of the Russian Federation until 2036, with an emphasis on 2030.

The issue isn't about making more tanks or better missiles.

The point is to be ready for this war by 2030.

And everything else is secondary.

For the war, we need more tanks, better missiles, and so on.

The strategic issues come first.

In no way second.