Besides the army and navy, fiscal stability is key to the country’s economic growth and people’s well-being, Anton Siluanov has said Fiscal stability is a key “ally” of Russia, alongside the country’s army and navy, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told a forum in Moscow on Thursday. The remark was a nod to the saying “Russia has only two allies: its army and its navy,” most famously attributed to Tsar Alexander III, which reflects the country’s geopolitical perspective emphasizing self-reliance