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Their proper economy did not grow. Their GDP grew because they were producing more stuff to replace the stuff that was either used or destroyed in Ukraine.
You can't use that excuse when they're hitting key military targets like airfields and naval bases. Those places are surrounded by flat land and have point defences. We've see videos of their SAMs failing Storm Shadow intercepts at some of these places.
That's not even military press just opinions. A Russian naval base was hit long after that report. They just haven't used any Storm Shadows for a while.Anyway--
Storm Shadow missiles give Ukraine 'a much longer stick,' but Russia is already learning to adapt, expert says | Business Insider India
Ukraine's Storm Shadow missiles don't seem to have had "tremendous impact," in part because of Russia's adaptations to HIMARS, one expert said.www.businessinsider.in
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Just a few numbers here.
This is Russia's preliminary assessment of its finances for the January-November 2023 period. Contrary to popular expectations, Russia's deficit (as a percentage of GDP) is projected as only 0.5%.
There's been a significant decline in Russia's oil and gas revenues, but it has accompanied by a rather significant increase in non-oil revenues. The figures are as following:
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Non-oil and gas revenues of the federal budget amounted to RUB 17,737 bln and increased by 25.6% YoY. The dynamics of receipt of the largest non-oil and gas revenues of the federal budget (turnover taxes, profit tax) remains in a consistently positive area - including by the level of 2021 (as less subject to statistical base effects).
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Oil and gas revenues amounted to RUB 8,226 bln and decreased by 22.8% YoY due to the high base of last year's comparison, lower Urals price quotations at the beginning of the year, lower prices, and reduced natural gas export volumes.
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Taking into account these operations, the level of oil and gas revenues in November 2023 would exceed the previous year's level by 11%.
From Jan-Nov 2023, Russia's total expenditure is 26,841 billion roubles against a total revenue of 25,963 billion roubles; this put Russia's deficit at 878 billion roubles (or 0.5% of its GDP).
For those interested in a more detailed, month-wise breakdown of Russia's revenues and expenditures, refer below (note: the figures given are cumulative, m-o-m):
Revenue figures for December will be known next year (as would be obvious). But just for a comparison, the oil revenue for Oct 2022 was 866.4 billion roubles; for Oct 2023 it was 1,016.1 billion roubles. So, while the cumulative numbers are down sharply, the monthly figures for Oct are up. Whether it translates into a trend will be seen once figures for December and January come in next year.
The division of expenditures under different heads has not been updated since January 2022 (the month-wise total expenditure figure however has been updated).
Thus, speaking strictly in fiscal terms, Russia's finance books have not been crippled yet (per the official data linked above).
What a no sht Sherlock tweet/report from Cnn. Without US/NATO help Russia would have taken all of Eastern Ukraine including Kyiv.
They've seen a reduction in foreign demand for their weapons since the war started. For 2023 GDP has fallen back down to 2021 level even with increased production for the war. Basically ~$100bn of that GDP (circa 5%) is because they're in a war. That's expenditure, not real growth. And they've had to raise interest rates to 16% just to stabilise the currency and get loans. China will be getting most of that 16%.
The Storm Shadow hit something right next to the Pantsir-S1 in one case.
But Russians found out the hard way that stealth is the way to go to attain air superiority. Their Flankers remained wolf of the sky against UAF fighters, but they got pounded by S-300s and other UAF IADS(of course helped by NATO AWACS).
But Russians found out the hard way that stealth is the way to go to attain air superiority. Their Flankers remained wolf of the sky against UAF fighters, but they got pounded by S-300s and other UAF IADS(of course helped by NATO AWACS).
A mature Su-57 that could attack deep without the fear of being blown out could have made some difference. Anyways, as I said earlier, Russians have seen their deficiencies against NATO ware and they will come back even stronger. Su-57 and its derivatives are now Russia's number one priority.
Europe now better 'Get Ready'
MKI has lot better PGMs and stand-off weapons to do SEAD/DEAD. Much better than these Russian fighters. And with NGARM/RudraM series coming online, it's becoming better by the hour.
