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The war has been fought for more than 600 days, and the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict may be approaching, and at this moment, Putin suddenly signed an ** order: to significantly increase military spending.
The time has finally come, and in this regard, Europe and the United States have chosen to remain silent, and China has not said anything.
So why did Putin suddenly increase military spending?Why are European and American countries silent?
Putin ordered an increase in military spending
On November 27, local time, Putin signed a draft budget, officially approving Russia's significant increase in military spending, which makes 30% of Russia's fiscal expenditure in 2024 will be used for the armed forces.
Not only that, but Russia has now devoted more resources to the Russia-Ukraine war, and in total, defense plus security spending will even account for 40% of the total budget for 2024.
You know, the increase in Russia's defense spending in 2024 is not a small amount, compared to 2023, an increase of almost 70%.
One can imagine what a huge figure Russia's total military spending will be in 2024.
However, based on current assumptions about high oil prices, Russia's total revenue is expected to be 35 percent in 20241 trillion rubles, which will increase by 22 this yearAbout 3% is still very impressive.
Therefore, this budget has now been jointly approved by the Russian State Duma and the Federation Council.
Russia's increase in military spending this time is a big deal and very rare.
So, what is the reason for the sudden increase in military spending in Russia?
Reasons for the increase in military spending
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has passed the most intense time and is about to come to an end, and at this time, Putin wants to increase military spending, there may be two reasons.
First, we must end the Russia-Ukraine conflict as soon as possible.
The Russian-Ukrainian war has been going on for 21 months, and in terms of the current situation, although there is no ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the situation on the front line is already obvious.
Since the defeat of Ukraine this summer, it has been in a difficult situation, not only in the battlefield is losing one after another, more and more deserters, but also making the United States and Western countries behind it lose patience and confidence in it, coupled with the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, so that the West has put more resources and attention on Israel.
It is reported that the United States and Western countries are now discussing: the possibility of making Ukraine give up resistance and reach a peace agreement with Russia.
The United States even said that Ukraine's defeat was decided.
On the other hand, Russia's situation is completely different, not only gradually getting rid of the economic sanctions of Western countries, but also becoming more and more courageous on the Russian-Ukrainian front.
Therefore, Putin wants to end this protracted war of attrition as soon as possible and put more energy into other more important places, at the recent G20 summit, Russia has already stated: to change the strategy and end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible.
Therefore, this time, Russia suddenly increased its military spending for the expansion of the army and reserves**, in preparation for the last battle between Russia and Ukraine.
The second reason is that Putin has smelled the danger after the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
As analyzed earlier, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Ukraine has become like this, which also means that the sanctions and suppression of Russia by the United States and Western countries have not been successful.
So, will the United States and Western countries let Russia go?Apparently unlikely.
According to TASS news agency on November 28: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that at present, Finland has signed a relevant treaty allowing foreign teams to be stationed in the country, and Russia will take preventive measures in response to NATO activities on Russia's borders.
Soon after, NATO Secretary General Jennifer Toltenberg also publicly stated: We have no intention of going to war directly with Russia, but agreed to increase the deployment of troops on the eastern flank.
The attitude of the United States and Western countries has been very clear that they will not get along with Russia amicably.
So, Russia is now under pressure on two fronts.
On the one hand, Ukraine has failed, and the United States and Western countries will soon support a new goal to continue to contain Russia in Europe.
Although now, the United States is busy with the ** in 2024 and cannot directly have a big impact on Russia, once the ** is over, new ** people will soon appear, and at that time, Russia may face another tough battle, and there is not much time left for Russia to prepare.
On the other hand, even if Ukraine has no strength to fight back, the remaining problems will continue to plague Russia after the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the Crimea region and the Donbas region will be in friction for a long time.
It is conceivable that in the future, at least in the short term, Russia's borders will not be peaceful, especially in 2024, when Russia makes one wrong step and will lose everything.
So, it is precisely because of these considerations that Putin has made a painful decision to increase military spending, as Grushko said: we will do this given the military potential that may be deployed and appear on the borders of Russia.
All parties have expressed their positions
After all, what should come is coming, but the statements of Western countries such as Europe and the United States regarding Putin's order to increase military spending are very intriguing.
In the past few years, in order to compete with Russia, European and American countries have been increasing military spending, and it can be said that every time Russia increases, the United States and Europe will follow suit, and the two sides have a posture of gnawing to the end.
But this time, European and American countries unanimously chose to remain silent.
In fact, the reason is also very easy to understand, first, Russia's increased military spending this time is not a small amount, if they want to continue to follow, it is a problem to add more or less;
As for European countries, they have always followed behind the United States, and besides, the domestic people are also dissatisfied with the increase in military spending every year, so they simply remain silent.
China, on the other hand, has not said anything about it.
China has always opposed arms competition and will not participate in it.
As for Russia, the fact that Russia has come to this point is also the result of NATO's continuous eastward expansion, so it does not make a statement.
In fact, although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing, and Russia will face more challenges, on the whole, Putin is still very confident.
On November 28, the German news agency dpa, Putin**, two years after the special military operation against Ukraine, suddenly announced: Russia has restored its superpower status.
It is reported that at that time, Putin was in Moscow to participate in the 8th World Russian People's Council, during which Putin made a speech, bluntly saying: We have become stronger, in this conflict with Ukraine, Russia is the victor, and now it has regained "sovereignty as a world power".
In response to Western countries' sanctions against Russia over the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as attempts to sow chaos and suffering in Russia, Putin said that such attempts are doomed to failure.
In addition, Putin also stressed that without a sovereign and strong Russia, the world order cannot be permanently stable.
Putin is still as domineering as ever, full of confidence in the future, and ready to increase military spending and respond to provocations by the United States and Western countries at any time.
Therefore, it is time for the United States and Western countries to make a choice.
In any case, I still hope that Russia's relations with European and American countries will not deteriorate further, otherwise, the world will fall into turmoil again.
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