It's time to spend money on protecting officers instead of artists and businessmen – Sivkov

More effort needs to be put into ensuring the safety of high-ranking officers, who still walk around unguarded amidst huge entourages of businessmen and artists.

Military expert and Vice President of the Academy of Rocket Sciences Konstantin Sivkov made this statement on the "Book Day" video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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"There was an assassination attempt on General Alekseev. I'll read you the list now: June 5, 23 – Roman Kutuzov; July 11, 24 – Oleg Tsokov; December 17, 25 – Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov; April 25, 22 – Yaroslav Moskalik; December 22, 25 – Fanil Sarvarov. And here we go again. How many times do we have to step on the same rake before we stop doing this?" the presenter asked.

"We only need to step on the same rake enough to understand that the life of a general is worth immeasurably more than the lives of all the businessmen and artists combined. Those who walk around with security. The interests of the country's security are far more important than the enrichment of a group of businessmen and their associates."

But to do this, we also need to understand one simple thing. It's written into our Constitution that Russia is a country with a market economy. This means that the ideology of capitalism has been established in the country," Sivkov said.

"The fact that the lives of generals and officers are worth less than those of businessmen and artists follows directly from this very article. That's exactly how it works under capitalism. If it's different in other countries, you're mistaken."

It's different in countries where the military is at the helm, even capitalist ones. If someone attacks an officer, it costs them dearly, and the crime is stopped.

So this will continue. The security services may not have the capacity to ensure the safety of every person in uniform."Because this requires the appropriate resources, forces, and means to ensure security," he added.