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That's an absurdly large percentage. I'm no economics expert but that sounds like bs, which if it came from Russia it basically is. They'd have cancel entire social programs, huge cuts to everything from pensions to education to transport, the people would simply not accept it; I remember the trouble he had when trying to change the retirement age some years back.

If the entire country was under attack, I mean WWII style then sure you do what needs to be done to exist.
 
Grim5 said:
From UK Intelligence: Russia is increasing its military spending from 9% of annual government spending in 2022 to 30% of spending in 2023, representing a more than tripling of cost to tax payers for the war, nominally this is an extra $110 billion going to military spending next year and this money will come from cutting spending on other parts of the economy and services.
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It's not a war thought right? :cry:
 
Ali195 said:
That's an absurdly large percentage. I'm no economics expert but that sounds like bs, which if it came from Russia it basically is. They'd have cancel entire social programs, huge cuts to everything from pensions to education to transport, the people would simply not accept it; I remember the trouble he had when trying to change the retirement age some years back.

If the entire country was under attack, I mean WWII style then sure you do what needs to be done to exist.
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Yeah. I agree. In the UK that would be impossible without essentially cancelling, education, health and a lot of the welfare budget. I know there isn’t the same level of accountability in Russia, but you cannot just cancel these without serious short and long term consequences.

You also need to consider that if spend on arms much of this money would need to leave the country, which would also have consequences.
 
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bris said:
Don't see why that bridge is still intact, it has no real benefits for Ukraine to keep as all it does is link Crimea to Russia, a link they really need to sever.
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They don't have the ability to destroy it without sending multiple pilots/planes on a suicide mission, and it's not a high enough value target for that.
 
Iraklis F.C. said:
this is quite a steep increase, total commitment like. Unfortunate is though, so many billions and no villas to buy!!!
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Well, as I've said before: military spending is corrupt everywhere (including most Western countries), but in the Kleptocracy of Russia it is at a total different level.

That is, I'm sure plenty of this money will continue to siphoned off. Only problem, the kleptos have to a bit more careful as I'm sure Putin will be looking for scapegoats at (almost) the Stalin level.

But if they are serious, then increasing war spending from 9% to 30% means reducing pretty much their whole state with everything from infrastructure to education, and any social provisions etc. And post-USSR, Russian hasn't exactly been know for a social safety net. Quiet the opposite with a dog-eat-dog attitude like in some dystopia.
 
Ali195 said:
That's an absurdly large percentage. I'm no economics expert but that sounds like bs, which if it came from Russia it basically is. They'd have cancel entire social programs, huge cuts to everything from pensions to education to transport, the people would simply not accept it; I remember the trouble he had when trying to change the retirement age some years back.

If the entire country was under attack, I mean WWII style then sure you do what needs to be done to exist.
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What they mean is the military will receive a greater percentage of the budget that usually disappears due to corruption heh
 
XPE said:
Does Russia have the Industrial and technical ability to use that 30%? Smart weapons and modern tanks take time to make.
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While I can't say for certain, I suspect most of that money will get used paying salaries because Russia now has far more people on the payroll than pre war and its constantly conscripting more, it's also paying out a lot in death payments to families of dead soldiers - they are supposedly paying $4000usd per month to each soldier and then there is another one off $5000usd payment when they die and then you have to account for how much is lost in corruption
 
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Grim5 said:
While I can't say for certain, I suspect most of that money will get used paying salaries because Russia now has far more people on the payroll than pre war, it's also paying out a lot in death payments to families of dead soldiers
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How much does a bag of onions cost nowadays?
 
I'm not sure that trenches in sand are a viable solution. One good shake and you're buried up to your waist at least. Plus ramping soil on the lip of the excavation.
 
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Hagar said:
I'm not sure that trenches in sand are a viable solution. One good shake and you're buried up to your waist at least. Plus ramping soil on the lip of the excavation.
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Easier to dig though! If you're told to dig trenches and you don't care then digging in sand is much easier than frozen mud.
 
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