High technology, transport, small and medium-sized enterprises should become the drivers of Belarus-Russia Union State, State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota said. Today the Russian capital hosted a press conference "Moscow-Minsk" timed to the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia. This year the Union State budget made up $110 million. The funds are used to develop new joint programs in the field of defense, healthcare, electronics, space exploration, and humanitarian projects.