Putin's war economy: Are Russians feeling the pinch?
Moscow plans to boost its defence spending by 25 per cent
Russia has revealed it will boost its defence spending by a quarter to $145 billion in 2025. But is Putin鈥檚 war economy sustainable? What does all this mean for life in the country? And how could it impact the war?
The 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Steve Rosenberg joins us from a Moscow supermarket, Russian citizen 鈥楪leb鈥 explains why there are dozens of types of cola in shops, and Bloomberg鈥檚 Stephanie Baker joins Carnegie鈥檚 Alexander Gabuev to discuss whether Russians are feeling the pinch.
Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sarah Wadeson.
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