The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharov commented on the request of US President Joe Bayden to allocate a Pentagon 715 billion dollars to the depression of Moscow and Beijing. She expressed his opinion on Facebook .
According to her, the White House declared the price of “Russophobia and synophobia”. “The destruction of relations with Russia and China will cost American taxpayers in an additional $ 715 billion. And this is under US state debt, in September 2020 grew to 26.9 trillion dollars,” said Zakharov.
Previously, Joe Biden asked the Congress to allocate $ 715 billion in the Pentagon. According to the budget proposals of the White House, these funds are planned to be spent, including to deter threat, allegedly emanating from China and Russia.