The head of the chamber Alexei Kudrin explained the phrase of head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu, in which he criticized the statement as if inflated spending on defense. first Chapter the Ministry of defence during an interview with " MK "asked about his attitude to the fact that" Kudrin regularly performs with the thesis about the fact that the current level of military spending and expenditure in the defense industry is very heavy burden for the Russian economy ". In response, Shoigu gave the Board of domestic economists to think about how to protect themselves small of funds coming, and not be afraid of high costs. The head of the Ministry reminded that the Russian armed forces was reduced almost in 2 times. Kudrin, explaining the words Shoigu, tweeted that " the head has led defense spending to a reasonable value ". according to his statement, he mentioned about the fact that further reduce costs for the solution of military problems is not required. "Now the goal is the performance," - said the head of the chamber. Kudrin many times criticized the excessive, in his vision, spending on defense. In February of last year, Kudrin said in the interview Last news said that in 2011 was against the "explosive" increase in military spending." I was not opposed to the rearmament programme, its extension from 10 to fifteen years. I thought, in fact it is necessary to stretch and do more smoothly, without abandoning the issues of modernization ", - he explained. <span style="color:darkgray