Moscow’s secret war-financing scheme is on the verge of collapse as planned spending doubles. According to former Morgan Stanley and Bank of America financier Craig Kennedy, the Kremlin is using an additional war-financing scheme in the shadows through the use of preferential lending to defens... #CraigKennedy #Kremlin #PeaceTalks #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Russian war spending has hit a new record of $20M per hour. According to the German Institute for International Security Studies, Russia’s spending on “national defense” reached an unprecedented $43.28B in the third quarter. Compared to the s... #DefenseSpendingRussia #RussiaBudget #WarinUkraine
Russia’s upcoming financial crisis may provide a chance to end the war. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies notes that the Kremlin plans to spend $145B of its total $436B state budget on defense in 2025. This is more than 6.3% of Russia’s GDP, and the country’... #DefenseSpendingRussia #Kremlin #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Russia spends a record $317M per day on war in Ukraine. In the first half of 2024, the Russian Federation spent a record ₽5.3T on its military, according to the German Institute for International Security and Affairs. Compared to the same period last year,... #DefenseSpendingRussia #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine
The Russian economy is cratering: Imports are falling, coal companies are going bankrupt, oil prices are falling, and the ruble is weakening. Mass refusals by banks in Turkey, China, the Middle East, and the countries of the former USSR to make payments for Russian companies has impacted imported supplies to Russia. According to results fro... #Ruble #RussiaBudget #RussiaImport #RussianEconomy #RussiaProfits
During the years of the war against Ukraine, revenues from the Russian Federation’s gas exports have decreased fourfold. The failed attempt to freeze Europe, which deprived Russia of a key natural gas sales market, has collapsed gas revenues in the Russian budget, say analysts from the Russian Gaidar Institute. Accordin... #GasTransit #Naftogaz #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #RussianGas
The largest European banks increased their contributions to the Russian budget by 300%. The largest European banks that are still operating in Russia paid more than €800M in Russian taxes in 2023, which is 300% more than before the start of the full-scale war. In particular, we are talki... #DeutscheBank #EuropeanBanks #OTPbank #RaiffeisenBank #RussiaBudget
A year and a half separate the Russian economy from collapse. According to the Carnegie Foundation, the Russian economy is still strong despite rising military spending and sanctions. In fact, the IMF predicts that the Russian Federation’s economy will gro... #imf #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #RussiaProfits #SberbankRussia
The gas war with the EU has deprived Russia of $28B in revenue. The loss of the European gas market, which accounted for almost 80% of Gazprom’s exports, will cost the Russian federal budget $28B in tax revenue this year, according to Vygon Consulting. Gazpr... #Gazprom #RussiaBudget #RussiaGasExport #RussianGas
