The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции, tr. Vooruzhonnije Síly Rossíyskoj Federátsii) are the military service of the Russian Federation, established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The United States spent more on its military in 2017 than the next seven highest-spending countries combined; the land of the free, in fact, accounted for 35 percent of the entire planet’s defense expenditure, which totalled $1.74 trillion that year.

Russian military spending fell by one-fifth in 2017 compared with a year earlier, the first cut in real terms since 1998 as sanctions and economic stagnation force a redistribution of scarce funds. Moscow spent US$66.35bn or 4.3 per cent of GDP on the military last year, down from 5.5 per cent of

Military Spending Patterns in History. Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University Introduction. Determining adequate levels of military spending and sustaining the burden of conflicts have been among key fiscal problems in history.

Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, with tighter purse-strings likely to affect Moscow’s military activity ahead, a report by defense think-tank SIPRI showed on Wednesday.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — The U.S. military will increase its ability to observe Russian troop movements near the Baltic states during a large military exercise planned by Moscow this summer, U.S. defense officials said. The United States will put ships in the Baltic Sea and take over the North

November 6th, 2015 – Svyatoslav Knyazev for politrussia.com Translated for Fort Russ by Soviet Bear – One of the key items in which the Russian army is put below the U.S. in various ratings is the size of the military budget.

Russia may see a hike in health care, education and infrastructure spending by around $162 billion in the next six years, with cuts in its military spending, according to a report on Vladimir Putin’s plan for his term in office.

May 02, 2018 · The decline in spending is a sharp reversal from recent years, when Russia ramped up investment as part of an effort to update outdated military …

This article is a list of countries by military expenditure in a given year.Military expenditure figures are presented in United States dollars based on either constant or current exchange rates.