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This decision was made by Vladimir Putin in late 2025, following a meeting with Donald Trump, after the Kremlin concluded a peace agreement with Ukraine was unlikely.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"Ukraine","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T15:46:37.488Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-07T15:16:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T15:46:37.488Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":55,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to Bloomberg, with two full reports and multiple digests corroborating.","critic":"Reporting includes quotes from sources, explains context, and details financial figures and origins.","hype":"Headlines use strong language like 'record' and 'unprecedented' but are generally supported by the content."}},"tags":["#Russia","#UkraineWar","#MilitarySpending","#VladimirPutin","#DonaldTrump","#Budget"],"entities":["Russia","Ukraine","Vladimir Putin","Donald Trump","Kremlin","Bloomberg"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Russia's military spending in 2026 is projected to reach approximately 17 trillion rubles, or about $200 billion.","This spending represents a 40% increase over the original 2026 budget plan.","The decision to increase spending was made by Vladimir Putin in late 2025, following his meeting with Donald Trump in August 2025.","The Kremlin concluded by January 2026 that a peace agreement with Ukraine was unlikely, leading to the increased budget."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Russia's military spending in 2026 is projected to reach approximately 17 trillion rubles, or about $199-200 billion. This figure represents a 40% increase over the original budget for that year. The decision to significantly increase these expenditures was made by Vladimir Putin in late 2025, following a meeting with Donald Trump in August 2025."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"By January 2026, the Kremlin had concluded that a peace agreement with Ukraine was unlikely. This assessment prompted the government to begin accelerating war-related spending. The projected budget deficit for 2026 is over 7 trillion rubles, which is to be financed through domestic borrowing and gold sales."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on timing of spending increase"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While most reports indicate the increased spending is for 2026, Military.com states that Russia's military spending is on track to hit a record \"this year\" (2026) after Putin added almost $60 billion to the outlays set out in the budget. Meduza reports that by the end of 2026, spending could reach 17 trillion rubles, a figure that exceeds the 2025 plan and is similar to the 2027 budget. Protothema states the deficit is over $81 billion, covered by domestic borrowing and gold sales."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention the specific detail from Meduza that one official cited Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and warehouses as a reason for increased military spending in the 2027-2029 budget. 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