US EditionRussia Has Quadrupled Military Spending Since 2021.
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The price of war for Russians is 1.32 trillion rubles per month, or 43.4 billion per day, or 1.9 billion rubles per hour.
The Russian Federation spends 43.4 billion rubles a day on war – that's 1.9 billion an hour: the military-industrial complex has become a "black hole" for the budget – SZRU The Russian Federation's military spending for the first 9 months of 2025 reached 11.8 trillion rubles, which is four times more than in 2021. The war costs 43.4 billion rubles a day, absorbing 44% of federal taxes.
Russia's federal military spending reached a historic high in January-September 2025. Compared to 2021, the Russian military budget has grown by 295%. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the press service of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. According to intelligence, the war costs Russia 1.32 trillion rubles per month (approximately $16.6 billion), or 43.4 billion rubles per day (approximately $546 million), equivalent to 1.9 bi…
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