Russia plans 68% increase in 2024 military spending, surpassing Ukraine’s defense budget 2.5 times
Ukraine will also increase military spending by 17% in 2024, allocating almost all available money for defense.
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Russian military spending / budget
Russia’s military budget increases to 4.4% of GDP in 2023 with true military expenditure uncertain – British intel
Referring to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s report, the British Defense Ministry says Russia’s military budget 2023…
Russian military spending hits 4.1% of GDP in 2022, strains government finances – British intel
In its latest intelligence report, the British Defense Ministry says Russian military spending grew by at least 9.2%…
Russia’s Dec 5 missile attack on Ukraine cost $400-500 million – Forbes Ukraine
On December 5, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles of various types worth $400-500 million in total, according to…
Russia to spend about ⅓ of its 2023 budget on defense cutting funds for schools, hospitals, roads – Reuters analysis
Russia plans to spend nearly a third of next year’s budget on defense and domestic security while slashing…
Russia to buy frigates from China
In a remarkable turnabout, Moscow is going to purchase specially modified naval frigates from Beijing, the result of…
China now building five frigates a year: Russia only one every ten
Last weekend, Beijing announced that its second aircraft carrier had begun sea trials, an especially disturbing development from…
Russian Finance Minister: Higher military spending, lower oil prices led to collapse of USSR and can do the same to Russia
Yesterday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov became the most senior Moscow official to say what many independent analysts…
Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression unsustainable, Pashkov says
The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea as well as his military…
Russia can no longer afford a blue water navy, defense minister suggests
Sergey Shoygu, Russia’s defense minister, says that Moscow will still build submarines – a giant one was launched…
Three signs Russian military and its political bosses are in trouble
The Kremlin-controlled media and often–echoing it–Western outlets paint a picture of Russia as a burgeoning military power, with…
Moscow mis-reporting its military expenditures to the UN
According to the data that Russia provided to the United Nations, its military expenditures in 2015 grew by…
Moscow military analyst: Preparing for a war in 2025, Putin wants new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to divide up Ukraine
Vladimir Putin changed his public assessment of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which opened the way to World War…
Top Russian economist: Moscow can’t maintain current levels of military spending for much longer
The Russian government cannot afford to maintain its current levels of military spending for long because its shift…
Analyst: Recent sharp rise in Russian military spending shows Putin preparing for bigger war
Russian military spending, even as officially given by the finance ministry, provides a remarkably accurate early warning indicator…