War Spending Pushes Russia's Classified Budget Outlays to Post-Soviet High, Study Finds
Source: Themoscowtimes
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<p>Russia’s rapidly expanding war spending is driving a sharp rise in secret federal budget expenditures, with nearly one-third of all state spending now hidden from public view, according to estimates by the Gaidar Institute.</p> <p>The of classified spending in Russia’s federal budget rose to 28.6