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Russia Budgets for its Forever War

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Russia 's defense budget for 2025 through 2027 envisages military expenditure rising by almost a quarter to above 6.2% of GDP.

It's still below that of the USSR and the US at the peak of the Cold War , but it is now double the post-Soviet average.

The Kremlin regards non-oil taxes as its main source of money for a war it describes as existential.

The fund is set to be worth just over 11 trillion rubles ($ 116bn ), or 5.6% of GDP, at the end of 2024 .

The authorities are also planning to replenish the fund, if possible.

The only real threats to the budget are a long-term slump in oil prices and an increase in hidden or overt mobilization.

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semi-formal

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English

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44

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