Defence spending will account for 32% of total 2025 budget expenditure of 41.5 trillion roubles. The draft budget was officially submitted on Monday to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, for review.
“Its why Russian standard of living is so low. 1/3 of the Russian government spending is on the military.”
Don’t forget that a lot of oil and liquor profits go into the pockets of Putin and his oligarchs buddies.