Russia may not be able to wage war after the New Year: harsh shortage of money awaits the Kremlin

Putin spends most of the budget on the war, instead of raising the standard of living of citizens. These expenses have amounted to 82 billion dollars for nine months – this is a quarter of the annual budget of Russia. Such data was published by Forbes. Putin plans to spend 30% of the country's annual budget on defence next year, but British intelligence believes that this will not be enough, so other areas financed from the state budget will also be hit hard. More details