https://www.newsweek.com/russi...le-sanctions-2009659

Now that's mind blowing. 40% of its budget for defense aka war in Ukraine.

I wonder when the camels back will break?

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Originally posted by Scott King:
https://www.newsweek.com/russi...le-sanctions-2009659

Now that's mind blowing. 40% of its budget for defense aka war in Ukraine.

I wonder when the camels back will break?

It won't.

They will go into debt, just like you lot are doing.

Deeper and deeper and DEEPER!

40% of what? Their ruble is worth 1.1 Us cents or something crazy.

Saeed, you guys might have to start selling off some of their yachts to pay the mooring fees.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
40% of what? Their ruble is worth 1.1 Us cents or something crazy.

Saeed, you guys might have to start selling off some of their yachts to pay the mooring fees.

I call this bullshit!

Putin called Newsweek and made this announcement to them!

I don’t believe anything the media reports.

Especially American media!

And anything concerns Russia or the Ukraine!

… but you read the Daily Mail

Guess it’s a step up from confirmation bias on X…

How much of their GDP is it?

How much in absolute spending is it?

I can buy that Russia is spending 40% of its budget on defense. With this war, I’m sure that they are cutting corners in many areas, and it’s unsustainable for them; but it probably is a vital item to Mr. Putin’s government even if it’s not necessarily a vital strategic issue for Russia as a nation.

Ukraine can’t conquer Russia.

The US and NATO cannot conquer Russia (even if debatably we could defeat them on a conventional battlefield completely)- if nothing else, it would be Afghanistan writ large.

The desire for a border that is demilitarized was lost to them as a reasonable goal when they invaded Ukraine.