Russian lawmakers gave preliminary approval Friday to a 25 percent hike in defense spending — a sharp increase for Russia’s military that comes only a month after it crushed Georgia on the battlefield.
The boost in defense spending for 2009 fits in with Russia’s recent defiant posture toward the West, a stance that has seen relations [...]
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Russian defense budget may rise 25 percent in 2009
Posted by Matt in September 19th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Battlefield, Cold-War, Council On Foreign Relations, Defence Spending, Defense Budget, Defense Spending, European Union, Latin-America, Military Exercises, Navy, Posture, Profile, Russia, Russian Defense, Russian Lawmakers, Sharp, Telegraph, United States
Past Problems Threaten Future Russian-Indian Arms Deals
Posted by Matt in May 19th, 2008 | no comment
Published in India, Russia, beijing, China Market, Chinese Military, Contracts, Conventional Weapons, Decade, Deliveries, Future Weapons, International Peace Research, New Delhi, Peace Research Institute, Precipitous Decline, Recipient, Russia, Russian Arms, Russian Defense, Russian Weapons, Stockholm International, Weapons Sales, Weapons Systems
The latest figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute show a precipitous decline in the volume of Russian weapons sales to the Chinese military. Although Beijing remains the single largest recipient of Russian arms, the figures show a 63 percent decrease in the value of major Russian weapons deliveries to China, which is [...]
Russia to parade military as defense industry decays
Posted by Matt in April 9th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Aging Military, Defense Decays, Military Crises, Military Decays, Russian Defense
Russia next month will stage its first Red Square parade of missiles, tanks and soldiers since the Soviet times, but the country’s military faces massive crises in manpower, equipment, training and strategy despite the energy revenue windfall of recent years.
A panel of U.S. and Russian defense experts yesterday painted a deeply pessimistic portrait of the [...]
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