英国《简氏防务周刊》8月19日和26日两次发文,报道俄罗斯政府于8月18日审议了2006年财政预算案,其中国防开支计划为6683.2亿卢布(约合238.6亿美元),比上一年的增长幅度高达22%。报道评论称,这将是俄罗斯连续第3年大幅提高国防开支,预示着俄罗斯已开始加快军事复兴的步伐。 The British “Jane’s Defense Weekly” issued a document on August 19 and 26 twice, reporting that on August 18 the Russian government reviewed the 2006 budget, in which the national defense spending plan was 668.32 billion rubles (about 23.86 billion U.S. dollars) Up 22% from the previous year. Report comments that this will be the third consecutive year Russia’s substantial increase in defense spending, indicating that Russia has begun to speed up the pace of military renaissance.