November 22, 2024 10:19 AM
Russia’s State Duma approves three-year budget with record 13.5 trillion rubles for defence in 2025
Russia’s lower house, State Duma has approved a three-year budget allocating a record 13.5 trillion rubles, or approximately 133.63 billion dollars, to national defence in 2025. This accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the government’s total spending and 6.31 per cent of the country’s projected...