6%(or 32% of the whole budget) is huge my man, especially for a country like russia. theyre literally doing deficit spending right now all while having a 21% nominal interest rate. youre downplaying the severity of this. > what does this have to do with anything? it was a war that basically contributed strongly to bankrupting the ussr, and the ussr was far more self-sufficient and industrial than modern day russia. its what happens when you fight a war you cannot really afford without really gaining any resources. and in comparison here, how many resources are russia currently or about to extract in occupied donbass?
Norway