In the first six months of 2023, total budget expenditure rose to almost 15 trillion rubles (€142.3 billion), an increase of 2.5 trillion rubles (€23.7 billion) on the previous year, with defence spending responsible for almost the entire difference, economic analyst Boris Grozovsky says. The Russian government has simultaneously increased military spending while decreasing spending in other sectors, which is “why budget statistics are no longer being released,” Grozovsky added.

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    1 year ago

    How much of this money actually gets to their military rather than being soaked up by profiteers and corrupt officials…?

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      1 year ago

      How much more money would Russian corrupt officals steel from the military, if they can not steel that money?