Our homeland spendest the modernization of the Navy 5 trillion rubles. This was stated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a performance at the State Duma with a report on the work of the government for 2010 year. In his live TV channel "Vesti 24". Appropriate costs for the Navy laid in state armaments program there for 2011-2020, funding for which the band at the Ministry of Defence will reach 19 trillion rubles. "Compared with the previous applets allocations are growing three times", — Putin said. At the end of February 2011 the first deputy minister of defense RF Popovkin said the Defense Ministry wants 2020 purchase 100 for the Navy surface ships and submarines. Namely, will be purchased by 20 non-strategic submarines, eight strategic submarines, 35 corvettes and 15 frigates. We are talking about ships of projects 20380, 11356M, 22350, 11711, submarines of projects 636, 885 and 955. Previously also announced the planned laying of small missile ship corvette project 21631 and 20380.
In the purchase price of the latest military equipment for the Navy RF comes and the acquisition of four amphibious ships, docks vertoletonosnyh class "Mistral" from the French company DCNS. The Ministry of Defense plans purchase Two of the ship ready, and licenses for construction of 2-terrain RF. Amount of the deal has not officially named, but by some estimates could reach about 1.5 billion euros.
The previous state program of armaments RF for 2006-2015 provides for financing in the amount of 5 billion rubles. Under the program for the Navy planned purchase 24 different classes of surface ships, seven submarines of project 955 "Borey" and 6 non-strategic submarines. In fact the Navy has received two surface ships, a strategic nuclear submarine ("Yury Dolgoruky", on armament not accepted) and no non-strategic submarines.