Putin wants to spend $400 billion on the Russian military - Business Insider
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(AP) — Russia needs a mighty military to fend off threats near its borders, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, in a stance that reflects soaring tensions with the West over the crisis in Ukraine.
The Russian leader, whose approval ratings reached an all-time high this month despite a bruising recession, said a “powerful army equipped with modern weapons is the guarantor of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia.”
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Despite the fact that oil-rich Russia is now in a recession, Putin’s plan aims to spend 22 trillion rubles (over $400 billion) through 2020 to give the armed forces dozens of navy ships, hundreds of new planes and missiles and thousands of tanks and other weapons.
Il faut descendre dans l’article pour voir que cette dépense représente un programme multiannuel sur 5 ans.
Le montant total représente moins de 60% de la dépense annuelle états-unienne. En valeur annuelle, cela représente tout de même plus qu’un doublement du budget annuel (52,6 Mds USD, chiffre 2010, sur ▻https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_pays_par_dépenses_militaires ).