Ballooning 'black' budget and leaked conversations: Emerging cracks in Putin's Russia | DW News

More than a year into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, signs continue to mount that Moscow is struggling under the weight of ballooning military spending. Moscow has consistently put on a brave face when it came to the country's economic health. But it's now classified or unlisted a third of the economic data coming out of the country. According to Russian Finance Ministery data unlisted or classified spending has doubled since last year, indicating around a third of the budget is likely connected

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted Western sanctions will have a negative medium-term impact on his country the comments come after months of insisting that punitive measures were not having an effect Russia is currently the most sanctioned country in the world reliable economic data is hard to come by but it's clear heavy War spending is only adding to pressure on an already fragile economy Russia's defense minister inspecting his supply lines Munitions like the ones manufactured at this plant are in short supply but buying new weapons is an expensive business and one Russia is hoping to keep out of the public eye according to Russian Finance Minister data unlisted or classified spending has doubled since last year indicating around a third of the budget is likely connected to the Waterford 31 billion dollars in total dwarfing all the other publicly listed government expenses and moscow's black budget is ballooning at a time of falling commodity p