UK Intelligence Service points to “increased use of secret budget lines”
MADRID, May 30. (EUROPEAN PRESS) –
The British Intelligence Service had indicated on Tuesday that Russia’s military spending was “highly uncertain” due to “increased use of secret budget lines”, a practice that will be repeated even more since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. , released in February 2022 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As such, they have highlighted that the Stockholm Institute for International Peace Studies (SIPRI) indicated in April that Russia’s military spending would increase by 9.2 percent in 2022 to reach 86.4 billion dollars (about 80.79 billion euros). ), a figure equivalent to 4.1 percent of the Eurasian country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
However, British Intelligence Services have stressed that Russia’s actual military spending is highly uncertain due to the increasing use of secret budget lines, particularly since February 2022, and the lack of transparency” by Russian authorities.
“Russia has recently restarted publication of an expenditure analysis after suspending it in May 2022,” they added, according to a message published by the UK Ministry of Defence via its account on the social network Twitter. “It is almost certain that military spending remains high, which is putting pressure on Russia’s public finances,” they stressed.
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