Putin approved a record military budget and cuts in spending on social support for Russians

Russian "President" Vladimir Putin signed the law on the federal budget for 2025-27.

According to the document, next year the government will increase spending on the “national defense” item to a new record of 13.49 trillion rubles. Compared to the current year (10.8 trillion rubles), the military budget will increase by 25%, compared to 2023 (6.8 trillion) - twice, and compared to the pre-war 2021 (3.5 trillion) - almost 4 times.

The share of military spending in the budget - 32.5% - will be unprecedented since the Soviet Union. For comparison: in the first year of the war with Ukraine, the authorities spent 17% of the budget on the army and weapons purchases, in 2023 - 19%, and this year - 29.5%.

The military budget will reach 6.2% of the national GDP - the level of military dictatorships in Africa (6.3% of GDP in South Sudan). At the same time, almost every third ruble in the treasury will be spent on classified items - 12.9 trillion rubles in total.

The article "social policy", which includes spending on pensions and benefits, will decrease by 16% - from 7.731 trillion rubles this year to 6.492 trillion rubles in 2025.

In addition to direct military spending, the government will allocate another 3.459 trillion rubles to the “national security” item, which includes the budgets of the police, the Russian National Guard, the Investigative Committee, and the special services. In total, the army and security forces will “eat up” 40% of the federal budget, or 16.9 trillion rubles.