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> due to the large GDP, the spending in absolute terms is not that meager: 50 billion Euros per year! This is ignoring the labor costs and other costs differen
by mint2 5y ago
> due to the large GDP, the spending in absolute terms is not that meager: 50 billion Euros per year!
This is ignoring the labor costs and other costs differences between Russia and Germany. A euro goes a heck of a lot further in Russia and pays quite a few more soldier salaries.
And also for all that money even at cheaper wages, Russia military is embarrassing and appears to be in a state of poor maintenance. It’s only mighty due to callousness towards civilians and willingness to be a meat grinder if its own people.
- bionsystem 5y agoI beg to disagree. I don't think 1 euro to spend is more efficient in Russia than in Germany or other European country, just because it has cheaper staff and commodity. A lot is lost by nonsensical bureaucratic decisions and also by corruption ; some of this has even bought a few private jets and yachts by oligarchs, as well as useless (so far ?) military bases and bunkers on-land, and so forth.
- mint2 5y agoThat is a fair point but both that comment and mine shows it’s actually rather difficult to make sensical comparisons between absolute spend between two countries as different as Germany and Russia. There’s a thousands factors making the value of money in each country super different.