When you live in a fantasy land, you can dream up whatever troop and budget numbers you want to project as part of a narrative.
Reality, like gravity, brings such ambition crashing to Earth.
2FalseSteps on
Rubles?
Considering the state of their economy, could that even buy a Big Mac? A real one, not Vkusno & Tochka’s rotten meat-like knock-off.
blackcyborg009 on
“Time to reduce the budget for building hospitals and more schools” – Vladimir Putin, probably
_DaveyJones_ on
I wonder what percentage increase that is in real terms? With the state of the Russian economy: exchange rates, exhange fees, import difficulties and spiking wage bills means that the budget needs to increase by a significant amount just maintain the production and staffing levels of the previous year.
Leather_Lake_5235 on
Good, the more they spend the poorer they get and faster they fall.
Capital-Ad2469 on
They can increase it to whatever they want, but every single billion spent on their pointless war just hastens the end of ***their*** regime.
This is what they don’t understand because they *really* are that dumb.
Futurismes on
BMP-3 designed in 1987 and a photo of a tank made in 2023. I wonder how much of the budget will go to actual production and how much will stay in the oligarch pockets. Just spend nothing and use it to immediately pull back from Ukraine.
IAN4421974 on
That’s a big number, but is that with the graft, theft, and poor workmanship factors baked in ?
Zondersaus on
Russian people must be delighted
planetinyourbum on
Meanwhile people are getting poorer.
wombat6168 on
That will go down well this winter when heating systems etc start breaking down due to lack of maintenance
Historical-Cicada-29 on
👏
Conscious_Courage_26 on
Vodka ain’t cheap my friends
JAC0O7 on
I feel like we’ve seen this story before, it ended with the dissolution of that country.
Striking-Giraffe5922 on
Surely they won’t spend it on Russian weapons…..maybe if they ask nicely we’ll sell them our old shit
Theblokeonthehill on
No problemo. Just print more money. What could go wrong?
TWH_PDX on
In the next 24 months, I believe Russia will experience hyper inflation especially if their oil and gas infrastructure gets decimated.
toxcana on
Use money you don’t have. Good idea, as usual
adkpk9788 on
Putins escape money.
HouseDowntown8602 on
Nothing like borrowing billions to loose it on a no-win endeavour
Sutar_Mekeg on
Russia to build state-of-the-art morgue.
Jolly-Implement7016 on
It’s inefficient and corrupt, so basically 35 billion.
Fiveofthem on
Putin might want to remember this
How why did the United States win the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan recognized the Soviet Union and its allies as having bankrupt economies, but Mikhail Gorbachev’s rise to power secured victory for the US during the Cold War because Gorbachev realized that the command economy of the Soviet Union had become more like a developing country than the US
Mo_Zen on
Well, let’s see if anyone will loan them the money. They are on the verge of collapse as it is.
takesthebiscuit on
USA budget for next year is £850 Billion! Keep up Putin!
Chetacide on
So, in reality, they’re increasing military spending $50bn and someone’s picketing the rest. Edit: By *their* official numbers, they lose 60% to corruption.
The_Mike_Golf on
Ah yes, an economy in death throes will totally support an increase in military ~~spending~~ embezzling
Fearless_Apricot_458 on
Is 140 billion similar to 3 days?
Nonamanadus on
Ah, yes, the confidence of an OceanGate CEO.
RoyH0bbs on
And the Russian people will go along with this like good little idiots.
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When you live in a fantasy land, you can dream up whatever troop and budget numbers you want to project as part of a narrative.
Reality, like gravity, brings such ambition crashing to Earth.
Rubles?
Considering the state of their economy, could that even buy a Big Mac? A real one, not Vkusno & Tochka’s rotten meat-like knock-off.
“Time to reduce the budget for building hospitals and more schools” – Vladimir Putin, probably
I wonder what percentage increase that is in real terms? With the state of the Russian economy: exchange rates, exhange fees, import difficulties and spiking wage bills means that the budget needs to increase by a significant amount just maintain the production and staffing levels of the previous year.
Good, the more they spend the poorer they get and faster they fall.
They can increase it to whatever they want, but every single billion spent on their pointless war just hastens the end of ***their*** regime.
This is what they don’t understand because they *really* are that dumb.
BMP-3 designed in 1987 and a photo of a tank made in 2023. I wonder how much of the budget will go to actual production and how much will stay in the oligarch pockets. Just spend nothing and use it to immediately pull back from Ukraine.
That’s a big number, but is that with the graft, theft, and poor workmanship factors baked in ?
Russian people must be delighted
Meanwhile people are getting poorer.
That will go down well this winter when heating systems etc start breaking down due to lack of maintenance
👏
Vodka ain’t cheap my friends
I feel like we’ve seen this story before, it ended with the dissolution of that country.
Surely they won’t spend it on Russian weapons…..maybe if they ask nicely we’ll sell them our old shit
No problemo. Just print more money. What could go wrong?
In the next 24 months, I believe Russia will experience hyper inflation especially if their oil and gas infrastructure gets decimated.
Use money you don’t have. Good idea, as usual
Putins escape money.
Nothing like borrowing billions to loose it on a no-win endeavour
Russia to build state-of-the-art morgue.
It’s inefficient and corrupt, so basically 35 billion.
Putin might want to remember this
How why did the United States win the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan recognized the Soviet Union and its allies as having bankrupt economies, but Mikhail Gorbachev’s rise to power secured victory for the US during the Cold War because Gorbachev realized that the command economy of the Soviet Union had become more like a developing country than the US
Well, let’s see if anyone will loan them the money. They are on the verge of collapse as it is.
USA budget for next year is £850 Billion! Keep up Putin!
So, in reality, they’re increasing military spending $50bn and someone’s picketing the rest. Edit: By *their* official numbers, they lose 60% to corruption.
Ah yes, an economy in death throes will totally support an increase in military ~~spending~~ embezzling
Is 140 billion similar to 3 days?
Ah, yes, the confidence of an OceanGate CEO.
And the Russian people will go along with this like good little idiots.
Print some more money.
Russia is screwed.
Where will they get the money from?