The explosion in defence spending illustrates Moscow's determination to continue its assault on Ukraine despite the significant human and economic cost.
Imagine what could have achieved Russia if instead of wasting all those billions on insisting to expanding their territory with barren lands.
That was mostly done with prisoner labour. So it was quite cheap relatively speaking. Most of it was still quite useless though. Grabbing land for the sake of grabbing land (a common Russian theme). Not to mention the mismanaged projects that led nowhere.
That was mostly done with prisoner labour. So it was quite cheap relatively speaking. Most of it was still quite useless though. Grabbing land for the sake of grabbing land (a common Russian theme). Not to mention the mismanaged projects that led nowhere.