Back to the USSR. Why Putin increases the military budget and reduces social

Russia has accelerated the increase in defense budgets in the world for eight years in a row. At the same time, it increases its expenditures for a record 10. 8 trillion rubles, which is the largest amount since the USSR. The focus has learned what trend such growth has and what Putin is preparing for. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the state budget of the country, which in a few weeks prepared and approved the State Duma and the Federation Council.

The document defines the main expenditures for 2024 and planned for 2025 and 2026. The first thing to pay attention to is the increase in the gender of the army expenditures and the defense and technical complex. The amount reaches a record 10. 775 trillion rubles ($ 111 billion), which is 70% more than the previous year (6. 8 trillion rubles/76 billion), and almost 2. 3 times more than 2022 (4. 7 trillion rubles/$ 52 billion).

According to the Russian media, there has been no such rapid increase and funding since the USSR. For comparison, in 1989 the USSR spent 75 billion rubles on the needs of the army, and in 1990 - 69. 1 billion rubles. In addition to increasing the funding of the army, it also received representatives of the power bloc, primarily Rosgvardia, police, FSB. 3,3 trillion rubles ($ 37 billion) will go for their needs.

Traditionally, for the balance of expenditures - if some increase, then others, on the contrary, are declining. This time, the costs of education, science, medicine and incomprehensible were the support of the national economy. Despite the powerful sanctions of the event against the Russian Federation, the Kremlin leadership managed to find ways to bypass them and to keep the economy. Moreover, the International Monetary Fund even raised the growth of the Russian economy growth of 2.

2% of GDP in 2024. This figure was estimated at 1. 5%. In addition, Russia managed to overcome sanctions and export control to access the technologies required for military production. Their volume and the number are disconnected with what it was by 2022, but allows you to produce rockets in the required amount.

According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Russian army has now has about 870 high-precision missiles of operational strategic and strategic levels. "Russia still has found the exit to high -tech components necessary for military production. These deliveries due to a number of different intermediaries, bypassing sanctions, require more money and time. The intermediaries themselves overestimate prices because of their own reputational risks.

Therefore, much of the Russian military budget is laid This is exactly what, "says Valery Ryabikh, the director of development of the information and consulting company Defense Express. The total volume of world military expenditures has accelerated since 2014, from the moment of annexation of Russia by the Crimean Peninsula and the beginning of military action in the Donbass. The start of a full -scale invasion in 2022 dispersed these costs to a record $ 2. 24 trillion.

Such figures are given by the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Problems Research in its annual study. For a general understanding, the United States has received a defense budget of $ 770 billion for 2022. These were the largest military expenditures in the world, as early as 2023, this budget was increased to $ 858 billion. The United Kingdom has increased its defense budget by at least $ 50 billion and plans to keep this bar for the next years.

According to SIPRI estimates, the invasion of the Russian Federation led to a record increase of defense expenditures in Ukraine and was a historical record of an increase by 640%. According to Alexander Kovalenko's military-political observer, such a significant increase in the military budget indicates that Moscow is not going to reduce the intensity of hostilities in Ukraine, and will continue the war.

"These funds will go to three main directions-first, it is the theft Ukraine, and 550 or 650 thousand. To raise them more money. I think that immediately after the election there will be announced mobilization without additional payments for the mobilized. But the budget article will remain, they will need to be provided somehow, " - says Focus Kovalenko. He notes that the growth of financial components does not mean an increase in technical capabilities.

Instead of the storage of the old Soviet T-62 tanks, a conditional "armature" will not appear. Russia has no technical and technological potential for their production. The director of military programs of the Razumkov Center Mykola Sungurovsky notes that the Russian Federation has great losses in Ukraine, although they do not recognize it. It is necessary to restore all resources, conditional tanks, missiles or drones for free.

In addition, a large amount of expenditures will go for mobilization and payment of the families of the dead. "It is worth clarifying that the Russian defense budget is always hidden in the army funding. For example, expenditures on engineering work, in fact, they transfer to the armed forces. In absolute indicator they increase, but do not forget about inflation in the Russian Federation. They count not on the course, but on the course parity of purchasing power, "he explains the focus.

In turn, Valery Ryabikh explains that the increase in military expenditures of the Russian Federation is influenced by a whole set of factors and consequences of them. It is reminiscent of Putin's ultimatum, which he made NATO in December 2021. Therefore, returning to the expenditures of the USSR is a certain increase in rates, the cost of realization of Putin's invaders. "These funds will be directed to expanding the number of troops, the creation of new structural units.

In addition, to increase the production of ammunition and equipment. It is not only about providing the needs of war in Ukraine, but also about the restoration of strategic reserves. The Kremlin needs to be restored Spending in Ukraine. Therefore, strategic reserves are being restored for a distant perspective to combat a more powerful opponent than Ukraine, "the expert notes. In his opinion, today Putin repeats the same mistakes as the management of the late USSR.