rhys
joined 2 months ago
40% of national expenditure on defence and security is astounding. I'd read previously that the massive defence spending was reshaping the Russian economy, but I had no perception it was that high.
That sounds like the sort of spending you'd pursue if you were heading toward total war, not merely entrenched in a single 'special military operation'. I wonder if it indicates that those who suggest that this is just the opening stage of what will end up being a much larger war involving the attempted conquest of other nations might be right.