{"id":8660,"date":"2026-03-21T09:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/a-budget-for-a-fifth-year-of-war-military-spending-in-russias-budget-for-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:24:04","slug":"a-budget-for-a-fifth-year-of-war-military-spending-in-russias-budget-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/a-budget-for-a-fifth-year-of-war-military-spending-in-russias-budget-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A Budget for a Fifth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia\u2019s Budget for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content column\">\n<div class=\"highlighted\">\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-breadcrumbs\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-labelledby=\"system-breadcrumb\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n          \t\t            \t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/search\">Publications search<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-page-title\" class=\"block block-core\">\n<h1>\n<span>A Budget for a Fifth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia\u2019s Budget for 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views\" id=\"views-block-publications-block-4\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-ad2a126f50eabd069208bcf0a2ce2f0ff5a441830fd1f13895fb787bc1d77fed\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/publications_lareg\/public\/2026-03\/2026_01_russias_military_budget_for_2026_page_01.png?itok=DWFKMJGg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" alt=\"A Budget for a Fifth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia\u2019s Budget for 2026\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-view\"><span class=\"field-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-602374857c3b213712af8b7ba7bbb0920b9d0380748cc8d6224b321533f7abe9\">\n<p> <span class=\"_302 views-row\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"views-field views-field-title\"><span class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/professor-julian-cooper\" hreflang=\"en\">Professor Julian Cooper<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-year-of-publication\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">March 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-loaction\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">Stockholm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-publisher-name\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">SIPRI<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-doi\">\n<p class=\"field-content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/BVBD7912\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/BVBD7912<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"sipri-2016-content\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div data-history-node-id=\"7698\" class=\"node node--type-publication node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-pdf-full-publication field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item button_style\">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/2026_01_russias_military_budget_for_2026.pdf\">DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION<\/a>\n      <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>The Russia\u2013Ukraine War has entered its fifth year with few signs that it will come to an end. Russia\u2019s federal budget funding of the war and other military spending reached about 16 trillion roubles in 2025, or 7.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). However, the real-terms growth of military spending moderated, from 38 per cent in 2024 to 6.1 per cent in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to restore balance to an economy overheated by increased spending on the war, in 2025 the government implemented a tough monetary policy to reduce the rate of inflation. Yet, budgetary pressures mounted, with an end-of-year deficit of 2.6 per cent GDP.<\/p>\n<p>In these circumstances, the Ministry of Defence has adopted more stringent financial management methods and has made savings on purchases of armament. This has led to a reduction of planned military expenditure in the 2026 budget to 14.9 trillion roubles, or 6.3 per cent of GDP. However, the annual budget will probably be amended, as it was twice in 2025. With the Iran war, launched by Israel and the United States in early 2026, this has become even more likely, as higher oil prices should greatly ease Russia\u2019s budget situation this year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-contents field--label-above\">\n<div class=\"label\">Table of contents<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<p>I. Introduction<\/p>\n<p>II. The drafting of the federal budget for 2026<\/p>\n<p>III. Military spending in 2025 and in the federal budget for 2026\u201328<\/p>\n<p>IV. Reasons underlying reduced military spending in 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>V. Conclusions: Prospects for 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)\/EDITORS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"dynamic-block-fieldnode-commentary-about-the-authors field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item\">\n<div class=\"views-element-container\">\n<div class=\"js-view-dom-id-2739122b22bfe90c3f1ca064ca97386db8b369de0166fec11df23a392c39a111\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-image\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/professor-julian-cooper\" hreflang=\"en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/Logo_black.jpg?itok=dp267Mhb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"SIPRI logo black and white\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-content\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/about\/bios\/professor-julian-cooper\" hreflang=\"en\">Professor Julian Cooper<\/a> is an Associate Senior Fellow with SIPRI\u2019s Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg back-to-top\" role=\"button\" title=\"Click to return to the top of the page\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"left\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-up fa-4x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/publications\/2026\/sipri-insights-peace-and-security\/budget-fifth-year-war-military-spending-russias-budget-2026?rand=6456\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Publications search A Budget for a Fifth Year of War: Military Spending in Russia\u2019s Budget for 2026 Professor Julian Cooper March 2026 Stockholm SIPRI https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55163\/BVBD7912 DOWNLOAD FULL PUBLICATION The Russia\u2013Ukraine War has entered its fifth year with few signs that it will come to an end. Russia\u2019s federal budget funding of the war and other military spending reached about&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":99077,"featured_media":8661,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[2119,578,1194,2152,2151,334],"ground_category":[315,317],"class_list":["post-8660","ground_post","type-ground_post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget","tag-military","tag-russias","tag-spending","tag-war","tag-year","ground_category-2-grounds-tribulation","ground_category-2-2-time-dispute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/2026_01_russias_military_budget_for_2026_page_01.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ground_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/8660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8660"},{"taxonomy":"ground_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_category?post=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}