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    "parsed_content": "Russia-Ukraine WarRemaking War at Sea\u2018Fortress Cities\u2019Ukraine\u2019s EconomyZelensky\u2019s WarningWestern SanctionsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTRussia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social ProgramsBoth sides are finding it increasingly difficult to finance the conflict in Ukraine. Russia\u2019s 2027 budget envisions more debt, higher taxes and lower social benefits.Listen \u00b7 5:00 min Share full articleA Russian military recruitment poster in Moscow says \u201cWho, if not you.\u201d Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, a sharp increase.Credit...Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesBy Ivan NechepurenkoOct. 1, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google The Kremlin plans to sharply increase spending on the war in Ukraine, even at the cost of ballooning debt, cuts to health care and other social programs, and higher taxes, according to a draft 2027 budget made public on Wednesday.Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a war of attrition that, beyond deadly fighting on the front lines, includes an intense battle to cripple each other\u2019s economies. As the war approaches its fifth anniversary, both sides are finding it increasingly difficult to finance the conflict.Ukraine has targeted Russian fuel refineries, causing lines at gas stations. As the attacks cut Russian oil output, Moscow has been unable to fully take advantage of an increase in global oil prices caused by the war in Iran. Kyiv has also been striking Russian e-commerce giants, disrupting supply chains for online retailers and wiping out inventories for many merchants.In Ukraine, officials have said that Russia is waging \u201ctotal war\u201d against the country with assaults against ports, grocery and pharmaceutical warehouses, data centers and other targets. Relentless air raids on major cities like Kyiv, the capital, have slowed economic activity.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJudging by next year\u2019s Russian budget, President Vladimir V. Putin is not planning to stop.Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, an increase of more than a quarter from the sum the last budget initially provided for 2026. The new figure represents more than a third of overall federal spending planned next year.Want to stay updated on what\u2019s happening in Russia and Ukraine? Sign up for Your Places: Global Update, and we\u2019ll send our latest coverage to your inbox.Speaking on Wednesday at the opening session of the State Duma, the lower house of Russia\u2019s Parliament, Mr. Putin exuded confidence.Referring to Ukraine\u2019s need to seek financial help from its European allies, he said that \u201cRussia cannot go around the world, humiliatingly begging for handouts with an outstretched hand.\u201d\u201cFirst, because, as I have said, it is humiliating,\u201d he said. \u201cSecond, we know full well that no one is going to give us handouts. And third, and most important, we do not need them. Russia\u2019s financial system and economy are performing well.\u201dThe numbers tell a less rosy story.A year ago, the Russian government projected a slight decrease in military spending for 2026 and 2027. But with peace talks foundering and the war only escalating in the past year, the Kremlin now plans to trim spending on social programs, including child and family allowances, in order to increase expenditures on the war. Such social spending will fall by 7 percent.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAllocations for education will be cut by 6 percent, including funds for new university campus construction, while spending on health care, such as cancer treatment infrastructure, will be reduced by nearly 7 percent, according to the draft budget.Russia will also expand its national debt, with the budget deficit exceeding $60 billion next year. Though Mr. Putin often boasts about Russia\u2019s relatively low debt \u2014 currently around 20 percent of the country\u2019s gross domestic product \u2014 Western sanctions have forced the government to borrow almost entirely domestically, primarily from state banks at bond interest rates sometimes exceeding 15 percent.According to the draft budget, Russia\u2019s debt-servicing costs next year will more than double in real terms from prewar levels, surpassing expenditures on health care, education and housing combined.Higher borrowing and expenditures mean higher interest rates. To help offset the strain, Russia will raise taxes again. After increasing value-added taxes and levies on small businesses, the Russian finance minister announced in late September that the government would raise taxes on bank deposit interest, dividends and asset sales, including real estate.That is expected to bring in an additional $4.6 billion. The government has also proposed a new windfall tax on mining companies.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTUkraine\u2019s situation is even more difficult. Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian government \u201chas entered a mode of maximum austerity and postponed all nonessential expenditures.\u201d On Sunday, Mr. Koretsky said that Ukraine faced a $27 billion shortfall in its defense budget this year.In the spring, the European Union finalized a loan to Ukraine of more than $100 billion. Within a few months, Kyiv said more was needed.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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