The new Russian budget bill unveiled this Monday provides for a 30% surge in military spending for the year 2025.
It confirms the Kremlin’s determination to continue its offensive, despite the human and economic cost.
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War in Ukraine: after two and a half years of war, incursion into Russian territory
The conflict in Ukraine, whatever the cost: the 2025 budget bill in Russia unveiled on Monday provides for a 30% surge in military spending next year, confirming the Kremlin’s determination to continue its offensive, despite the human cost and economical. The publication of this text, which must be approved by the Russian Parliament in the fall before its promulgation by Vladimir Putin, comes on the day when Russia celebrates the second anniversary of the claimed annexation of four Ukrainian regions which it does not, however, control not entirely.
In a video broadcast for “Reunification Day”, Vladimir Putin repeated that “all the objectives set will be achieved” in Ukraine. For this, defense spending will reach nearly 13,500 billion rubles (130 billion euros at the current rate) in 2025, according to the bill.
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The national military budget had already exploded by almost 70% in 2024, representing this year, with security investments, 8.7% of GDP according to Vladimir Putin, a first in the modern history of Russia. Since 2022, the Kremlin has largely reoriented its economy towards the war effort, developing its military-industrial complex at high speed, recruiting hundreds of thousands of employees.
