Govt defense orders to be almost 98% fulfilled in outgoing year, better than in 2015

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Govt defense orders to be almost 98% fulfilled in outgoing year, better than in 2015 - Rogozin

MOSCOW. Dec 29 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is expecting almost 98% fulfillment of governmental defense orders in 2016, which is better than in 2015.

"Governmental defense orders will be fulfilled a bit better than last year, approximately 98%. The output - the president has also mentioned this amount - the output of the defense sector has grown by over 10%. In addition, the labor productivity growth has exceeded the wage growth, it stands at roughly 12-13% in industries," Rogozin told the Rossiya-24 (VGTRK) channel in an interview, a part of which was aired on Thursday morning.