MOSCOW, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's state defense order will increase by 20% to 303.7 bln rubles ($11.2 bln) in 2007, a government minister said Saturday.
"The state defense order is growing more that 20% in comparable prices," said Vladislav Putilin, who is also first deputy head of the newly created state defense committee.
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said in March that Russia's 2006 defense order would total $9 billion.