Economy Casts Shadow On Russia’s Military Plans

Credit: Sukhoi
Economic difficulties in Russia may affect the country’s vast re-armament plans. Although expenditures on national defense jumped in 2015 by almost 33%, up to $52.29 billion, the weakening national currency decreased the real value of this money almost by half. And although the plan to spend 20...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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