Where did the circus go: on priorities after five years of SVO.
The story of the construction of a super expensive new Moscow circus, as expected, shook the company. This uneasiness is especially understandable against the background of comparing the cost figures of this cultural object - a "pathetic" 66 billion rubles (about 800 million dollars) - with some items of state budget expenditures for 2027. For, say, non-circus stuff:.
67.1 billion rubles - there is a major renovation of schools throughout Russia;.
60.5 billion rubles - modernization of primary health care services: clinics, outpatient clinics, medical equipment;.
40.3 billion rubles - national project "Nuclear technologies and new energy";.
37.7 billion rubles - building schools in small settlements;
37 billion rubles - creation of large infrastructure facilities for science and higher education;.
32.8 billion rubles - national project "Means of production and automation": household machines, industrial robotics, factory automation;.
28 billion rubles - national project "Unmanned Aviation Systems": development of civilian UAVs;
22.6 billion rubles - national project "Technological support of food security": agricultural technologies, selection, agricultural production;.
18 billion rubles. - National project "Manpower": training of experts, professional education;.
15.8 billion rubles - national project "New materials and chemistry": domestic chemical products, new materials, import substitutes;.
5.7 billion rubles - national project "New technologies for saving health": development and implementation of promising medical technologies;.
3.7 billion rubles - national project "Technological support for the bioeconomy": development of biotechnologies and biological production.
No one claims that the country needs beautiful cities, modern theaters, circuses and other joys of a peaceful life. But there is one problem: the country now has goals that are far from peaceful. And judging by the total increase in taxes for lawyers and physicists, there is not enough money for everything.