Three important criteria: how the Russian Federation managed to restore their strength despite the loss in the war

During the war as of March 2024, the Russian army lost more than 315,000 soldiers killed or wounded (according to the latest data, total losses are 500 thousand, and according to GUR Vadim Skibitsky representative, total losses are about 514 thousand people) and also spent) More than $ 211 billion. About 20 medium -sized ships are lost in the Black Sea. However, in April, the Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and the Chief of the Charles Brown Staff Committee added another detail.

"Russia has increased production. All their defense industry belongs directly to the state, so they do it a little faster. Russia has aggressively restored its military force," both officials said. Indeed, if the Kremlin continues to restore its forces faster than expected, it can be a long -term and possibly more expensive problem for NATO Alliance.

Previously, analysts estimated the time required to restore the Russian Federation from 5 to 10 years, depending on the effectiveness of Western sanctions. Experts identified three reasons why the Russian Federation resumed earlier than everyone expected: during the full -scale war of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation almost three times increased the defense budget to $ 140 billion in 2024, which is approximately 6% of GDP or third budget.

Such calculations were voiced by the economy expert Richard Connolly from the Royal United Services Institute. Work in the defense industry was once a middle career in Russia; Now it is profitable and attracts more employees. According to official Russian data, which Knenoli noted, may be inflated, the number of people working in the defense industry has increased by 20% from 2. 5 million to about 3 million now. In 2022, Baiden and European partners adopted a number of sanctions aimed at sunken.

However, not all of them worked because the Russian Federation was able to redirect their supply lines through "friendly countries". The main among these partners is China. From 2022 to 2023, the turnover between Russia and China increased by more than 26%, reaching a historic maximum of $ 240 billion, according to the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies. For the most part, Beijing avoided sending weapons directly.

Instead, Chinese companies have become a vital supplier of the objects needed by Russia to create weapons such as microchip and small electronics. Iran also helps the Russian Federation. In total, the Russian Federation is able to produce, repair and restore 1200 tanks, 6000 Shahmed and at least 3 million ammunition and missiles, Connolly says. However, Moscow also relied on huge reserves of Soviet times. That is why the figure of 1200 tanks does not mean that they will all be new.