In the first quarter of 2026, Russia increased its military spending by 30% compared to the same period last year, despite the Kremlin’s stated intentions to gradually reduce the share […]
  • NM_Gringo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    How long can they keep that up? Especially now that Ukraine can launch attacks inside Russia.

    • Nautalax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Bear in mind national income is generally much bigger than national budget. States can go pretty high on spending if need be… the difficult part may be convincing citizens on the need be part, though.