Demilitarizing the Russian Defence Economy

1 See Soyuz, no.5, January 1991, p. 16 and no.24, June 1991, p. 11.

2 BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, SUW/0365 WD/12, 6 January 1995. Electronics, devastated by the impact of price liberalization and foreign competetion, had the lowest average wage, 120,000 rubles; shipbuilding, which has been quite successful in securing foreign contracts, the highest, 278,500 rubles.

3 See BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, SU/1372 B/5, 5 May 1992.

4 Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 24 November 1994. The 1995 draft budget provides for expenditure of 200 billion rubles on the maintenance of mobilization capacities, representing 0.4 per cent of total outlays on national defence (Federal'nyi byudzhet Rossiiskoi Federatsii na 1995 god. Proekt, Moscow, October 1995, Appendix 1).

5 Published in Rossiiskaya Gazeta, 13 July 1994.

6 BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, SUW/0365 WD/12, 6 January 1995. During the period, the largest decline in output was experienced by the aviation industry, 50%, followed by electronics and communications, 45%.

7 For the League's new strategy, see Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 25 October 1994 and 24 November 1994.