Putin signs Russia's largest national budget, bolstering military spending

Russia approves record spend for its military in new 2024 budget

The Russian President has approved a record budget increase of around 30% for military spending in 2024, reaching 36.6 trillion rubles (€376.7 billion).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the draft budgets approved by Parliament. A record sum has been reserved for the military: Almost every third ruble is supposed to roll into armaments. The Russian budget for 2024 foresees spending of 36.6 trillion rubles (around 377 billion euros). Around 30 percent of government spending is expected to flow into the military. The increase in this item compared to 2023 is therefore almost 70 percent. …

Putin approved record increase in spending on Russian army since time of USSR,

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed the law on the budget of the Russian Federation for 2024-2026. Next year, almost a third of all expenses will be directed to the maintenance of the army and the defense-industrial complex.

Vladimir Putin pushes spending up to record levels to fund his war in Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a national budget for the next three years that increases spending by around 25pc and reportedly devotes a record amount to defence as the country’s war in Ukraine drags on.

Vladimir Putin promulgó el mayor presupuesto nacional de Rusia con un significativo aumento del gasto militar

Vladimir Putin asigna más recursos para su guerra en Ucrania (Sputnik/Valery Sharifulin/Pool via REUTERS) (SPUTNIK/)Vladimir Putin firmó este lunes el presupuesto federal de Rusia para 2024-2026 que prevé un incremento superior a dos tercios (66,6%) del gasto militar para el próximo año.El correspondiente documento fue publicado este lunes en el portal de información legal del Gobierno ruso, después de que el proyecto de ley fuese aprobado por a…

Putin signs Russia's largest national budget, bolstering military spending in 2024

Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin says the budget was developed specifically to fund the military and mitigate the impact of international sanctions imposed after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.