{
  "id": 11231407,
  "title": "Two rubles for the army for every one on welfare, schools, and hospitals: Russia’s 2027 wartime budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/two-rubles-for-the-army-for-every-one-on-welfare-schools-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:16:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/01/two-rubles-for-the-army-for-every-one-on-welfare-schools-and-hospitals-russias-2027-wartime-budget/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russia's 2027 wartime budget will allocate two rubles for every one spent on welfare, schools, and hospitals, with the military receiving a record 17.1 trillion rubles or 35% of all federal spending. The remaining civilian spending will face cuts, with social support falling by 7%, education by 6%, healthcare by 6.8%, and environmental protection by 5.8%. The Finance Ministry plans to increase borrowing by 2.3 trillion rubles ($27 billion) to cover the budget gap, and interest on debt is projected to take 9.4% of total spending in 2027. Debt servicing is expected to reach 10.6% of total spending in 2029. The squeeze on civilian spending comes as Russia's economy stalls, with output growth of just 0.6% in the first half of 2026 and military plants expanding.",
  "summary": "Civilian spending is set to fall to about 9% of GDP, a level not seen since 2005.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}