Tag: Valery Gerasimov

Recent Sharp Rise in Russian Military Spending Shows Putin Preparing for Bigger War, Illarionov Says

April 3, 2015

Staunton, April 3 — Russian military spending, even as officially given by the finance ministry, provides a remarkably accurate early warning indicator of Russian intentions, Andrey Illarionov says, and a dramatic increase in spending since January of this year thus suggests that Vladimir Putin is preparing for a larger war in Ukraine and/or elsewhere. Between […]