日期: 2025 年 1 月 13 日

Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference in Sweden

Posted by Kyiv Center for Defense Policy | 1 月 13, 2025 | World |

NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska spoke at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference in Sweden about the threat Russia plays to NATO as a whole. “Russia is preparing for a long-term confrontation with us. They say this openly, and they act accordingly. Just this year, Russia’s total military spending will be 7 or 8 % of GDP, if not more. Russia’s defense industry is scaling up, with the help of China, Iran, and North Korea; together, they’re aiming to destabilize the global order, to weaken Europe and North America, and to undermine our freedoms.”

Russia’s military spending exceeds its budget capabilities and could collapse the economy – expert

Posted by Kyiv Center for Defense Policy | 1 月 13, 2025 | World |

The Russian state has been pursuing a 2-track strategy to cover its mounting war costs, supplementing its highly scrutinized defense budget expenditures with funding from an off-budget defense financing scheme that is similar in scale but has been overlooked by analysts. Unlike its federal defense budget expenditures, which remain at sustainable levels, Russia’s off-budget funding scheme is proving much more problematic to sustain. This now poses a funding dilemma for Moscow that could weigh on its war calculus while providing Ukraine and its allies valuable, new negotiating leverage.