Financial Support for the Army of Kyrgyzstan

In accordance with the Military Doctrine, the implementation of military construction plans is planned to be financed through timely satisfaction of the needs for mobilization preparation of the economy, components of the Armed Forces in financial resources, material and technical resources, armaments, and military equipment based on the unity of supply norms and adopted prospective state programs for economic and financial provision in peacetime and wartime. This requires a quantitative increase in the military budget and its structural changes.

However, according to calculations by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), military expenditures of Kyrgyzstan remained at the same level after the adoption of the Military Doctrine, and even decreased in dollar terms.



According to the Ministry of Finance, there were no significant changes in defense spending subsequently. The total expenditures on national security and law enforcement in 2004 and 2005 were lower than the military expenditures of 2002 according to SIPRI calculations. Preliminary data for 2006 indicates that the situation remained the same.

The structure of the military budget of the Kyrgyz Republic is similarly unchanged. It includes the following expenditure items:

1. Salary for military personnel and wages for civilian staff.
2. Contributions to the social fund.
3. Travel expenses.
4. Purchase of equipment and materials.
5. Purchase of uniforms.
6. Medications.
7. Food.
8. Payment of utility expenses.
9. Transportation expenses.
10. Other expenses.
11. Capital repairs.
12. Benefits for the population (insurance expenses).

This structure fundamentally differs from the structure of military expenditures accepted in global practice.

Moreover, the military budget of the Russian Federation includes provisions for mobilization and non-combat training.

The military budget of the Kyrgyz Republic not only does not provide for, but also does not finance year after year the most important items of military expenditures for Kyrgyzstan — the procurement and maintenance of armaments and military equipment, combat training, reserve training, the creation of military infrastructure, and the development of military science. There are also no funds allocated for purely military training of other law enforcement agencies that are part of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Protected and, consequently, priority items of military expenditures of the Kyrgyz Republic are salaries, contributions to the Social Fund, food, and medications. At the same time, the share of protected items in military expenditures for law enforcement agencies involved in defense using armed struggle resources, according to the Law "On Defense," can exceed 80%.

A characteristic feature of the military budget of Kyrgyzstan is the underfunding of law enforcement agencies. Their needs are satisfied within 20-50%.



According to preliminary calculations, for 2006, it is planned to provide 1% of the needs of the Border Troops and 4% of the needs of the Internal Troops and National Guard in equipment and materials from the republican budget, 1.5% of the needs for transportation expenses, and 2.2% of the needs for the acquisition of property for the Ministry of Defense. For capital repairs, it is planned to allocate 0.2% of the financial resources needed for the Border Troops, while the request from the National Guard remains completely unsatisfied.

Under such circumstances, law enforcement agencies have been placed in conditions where their main goal has become the struggle for physical survival. As a result, the entire system of military security provision has been significantly weakened, unable to effectively fulfill the tasks of armed defense of the country. This conclusion is easily confirmed.