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according to reports from the russian sputnik news agency, agence france-presse and other media on the 1st, the budget document submitted by the russian government to the russian state duma from 2025 to 2027 shows that russia’s defense expenditure in 2025 is expected to be 13.5 trillion rubles (approximately us$145 billion) , a significant increase from 2024.

agence france-presse stated that russia’s defense budget in 2024 will be 10.4 trillion rubles (approximately us$111.9 billion), and the defense budget in 2025 will increase significantly by nearly 30% compared with 2024.

the russian s-400 missile system passes through red square in moscow.

the defense budget of 13.5 trillion rubles accounts for approximately 6.3% of russia's gdp. among them, russia plans to allocate 1.687 trillion rubles in 2025 to ensure the operation of the russian federation’s armed forces, national security departments and law enforcement agencies, the army and other military formations. in 2026 this amount will be 1.742 trillion rubles, and in 2027 it will be 1.794 trillion rubles.

in the context of the ongoing conflict, both russia and ukraine have significantly increased their military spending. ukraine will spend more than 60% of its entire budget on defense and security next year. even so, its $54 billion budget is far from that of russia, and ukraine relies heavily on western aid.

cnn reported that according to the draft budget, russian defense spending should decline in 2026. the new draft budget is still subject to changes as it will undergo a third reading in the russian state duma and be submitted to russia's federation council, the upper house of parliament, before being signed into law by the president.