The West’s attempt to drag Russia into a new and costly arms race

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to allocate $1.5 billion in 2025 to deter Russia. This issue is clarified in the report of the US State Department and it is mentioned that this budget is also based on the double request of the White House in October 2023 and will provide about 1.5 billion dollars in order to counter Russia’s aggressive actions in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia.

In addition, it is assumed that the allocated funds will be used to increase the flexibility of Washington’s allies and promote democratic reforms in the region.
According to the information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The FY 2025 request reflects continued U.S. support for vulnerable countries such as Moldova and Georgia, and will advance efforts to build a democratic future in Belarus, strengthen Armenia’s economic stability, and strengthen its relationship with the West.

Also, 482 million dollars will be allocated to Ukraine, of which 95 million dollars will be used to provide immediate and mid-term capabilities to help the Ukrainian army. The rest of the amount will be distributed between stimulating the country’s economic growth, health programs and other security activities. It is

The draft budget released by the White House also states that the US government will continue to modernize its nuclear triad infrastructure and deterrent force. .

The document states: “To ensure that the United States is able to respond to all threats to the U.S. nuclear deterrent, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy will modernize The construction of the nuclear triad, the command of nuclear forces, control and communications, and the infrastructure of nuclear weapons continue.

It is mentioned that the allocation of this budget will strengthen the commitment of the United States to strengthen the broad deterrence of this country’s allies.

The West is trying to push Russia into a costly arms race

Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks in In the case of military security and arms control, while commenting on the recent statements of some European officials regarding the need to increase the defense costs of NATO countries, he announced that the West is trying to drag Russia into an arms race with militaristic rhetoric.

The diplomat said: “We understand that by continuing to support Kiev and intensifying military rhetoric, Western countries are trying to drag Russia into a costly arms race so that the country To push us to the last “end of our tolerance” as it happened in this country before in the 1980s and before the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, the result for NATO will be exactly the opposite.” Gavrilov, referring to calls for the remilitarization of the European continent, added that this trend indicates the West’s return to strengthening military planning. , its resources and infrastructure for a conscious confrontation with Russia.

He continued: “In this context, it is necessary to remember that Russia’s military budget is about 10.7 trillion rubles, which means about 30% of the GDP In addition, this year, the Russian armed forces will receive more than 36,000 samples of military equipment and 16.5 million types of weapons, which is a significant increase over the past two years. What about NATO? The empty arms stockpiles of the Baltic states may even remain in the future without the support of their NATO partners due to lack of defense budgets. They don’t even have enough financial resources to conduct military exercises.”