The head of Barack Obama signed congressional defense budget for 2016, about it it is reported in the report of the White house on Wednesday.

New more than 607 billion defense budget key saves the settings of the last budget, which was vetoed by the head of Barack Obama. For example, it extends a ban on closing the prison for foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

similarly, the law provides the authorization for spending on assistance to Ukraine arms in the amount of 300 million dollars, if the administration deems it necessary.

the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had previously stated that it is not aware of the reasons for the decision, opening the way to supply Kyiv with lethal weapons at the moment in the Donbas ended the fighting, and almost no attacks.

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