Passage: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 2005-2009 and 2010-2014, Russian exports of major weapons increased by 37 percent; Russia spent $66.4 billion on arms in 2015, then $69.2 billion in 2016, having taken 3rd place (after the U.S. and China).  According to the Russian Defence Ministry, share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces reached from 26 to 48 percent among different kinds of troops in December 2014. This was raised to 30.5–70.7% as of July 2015. The average was 58 per cent over the first half of 2017.
Did the share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces increase or decrease between 2014 and 2015? How many billion dollars did Russian arms spending increase by from 2015 to 2016? How many more billions of dollars did Russia spend on arms in 2016 compared to 2015? How many more billions of dollars did Russia spend on arms in 2016 than in 2015? How many years in total did Russian exports of major weapons increase by 37 percent? What were the top three countries in terms of arms spending in 2016? What year did Russia spend more on arms, 2015 or 2016? Which date had the higher percentage of sharing modern weapons in the armed forces, December 2014 or July 2015?