He's been promoted

@galeparker1067

16 күн бұрын

👍👍. You're paying attention! 👃✌️🇨🇦

@RuLeZ1988

16 күн бұрын

Thats not true. It looks like as if he is being promoted, but in reality its just a seat far behind. As the russian military defense minister he had direct access to all the financial ressources that went through the military, which by the way is a very corrupt section within the russian regime. Shoigu was moved to the seat of security council. In that seat of security council shoigu only drafts and pushes policy proposals around. Shoigu lost the direct control of the military with all the financials involved.

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

@@RuLeZ1988 And this vast expert knowledge of Russia you have comes from your years living and studying with the Russian people? or does it comes from western media and politicians?

@rmdomainer9042

16 күн бұрын

@@throughput6674 Konstantin at Inside Russia will explain it to your kind.

@lorneyoung6298

16 күн бұрын

Ice cream salesman would be a promotion 🍨

Shoigu got a new job with a window seat. Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄 😅 😀

@colinskelding8959

16 күн бұрын

Mabe he'll trip and fall out of the window. ....

@fntime

16 күн бұрын

@@colinskelding8959 Times Radio = Deep State "Mouthpiece"

@rouz0

16 күн бұрын

The head of the security council is only given to the most trusted people. 😂

@jim2376

16 күн бұрын

Putin: "Sergei, care for some tea I prepared?" Shoigu: "I'll pass, Vlade."

@boink800

16 күн бұрын

@@rouz0 With a big window in the office? Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄 😅 😀

In Russia, the buck stops ...... somewhere else.

Pretty sure Shoigus going to fall to his death. Out of a Basement window.

@EagleWolf2

16 күн бұрын

The Western Media sure does a good job of indoctrinating a large proportion of it's masses.----

@patricklosi3358

14 күн бұрын

Nope. He was promoted. That's how bureaucracies work. Just look at David Patreaus.

shoigu,has really been promoted,not sacked at all,

@davidk7262

16 күн бұрын

Yeah only KZread 'experts' in the comments seem to tell us this which seems slightly suspect to me.

@Hasan-jf7by

15 күн бұрын

@@davidk7262 For his position it is a promotion.

Shoigu wasn't just sidelined, he was cast down to the very bottom. If you knew how Russian society worked, the MoD IS as high in power structure you can go at the top, besides the prestigious ex-KGB (FSB) and the home internal spy division - which is where the real transfer of power has shifted to. Shoigu's 2nd in command not just in any jail, but a specialized KGB prison far away from any potential military access. In a country where coup's are not far fetched, and where our ideas of budget accountability don't exist at all, where great power is given to the heads of these depts (far more than a western minister), it's no wonder greed and temptation take root amongst the greedy. Ivanov, Shoigu's 2nd in command of the MoD, was blatant in his theft, literal millions upon millions were pilfered purchasing big ticket items his salary as a deputy minister could never achieve. In my opinion, it's to prevent Shoigu from further theft, keeping him within (coup) power structure reach (he did command the the most powerful structure in the country and many will obey as conditioned), and at last to correlate the allegations against him and Ivanov as with today's senior LG's arrest on the same type of theft, I have no doubt Shoigu was also watched as the Ivanov investigation took root a year+ ago. There will be a shift in that balance of power now - as the spy agencies take up the slack with appointments showing Putin taking old friends, ex-intelligence officers within his inner circle, and perhaps a more controlled economy and control (Soviet like) exerted over the populace is going to take place. If anything, this is worse for Ukraine as it cleans up the deadwood in Moscow and sharper focus brought to bear.

Ironic how Shoigu takes the blame when Putin has been making all the military decisions.

Should promote Shoigu to Marshal of the Russian Federation to keep the joke going.

@AndyM_323YYY

16 күн бұрын

They should give him a new fake uniform. Something like the one designed by Captain K in Jojo Rabbit would be perfect.

@oeokosko

16 күн бұрын

@@AndyM_323YYY A Superman kit?

@fntime

16 күн бұрын

@@AndyM_323YYY Or Charles 3 Military Costume. Andrew & William ALSO! The Elites should fight this War, WHY? They started War & They Profit from It.

@EugenBadau

16 күн бұрын

Soigu ESTE MARESAL AL FEDERATIEI RUSE!!!

@barryjgalbraith2635

16 күн бұрын

Times radio stop telling lies - The Ukrainians are losing and our Western governments should be trying to bring peace instead of sending more and more ( some estimate 600,000 !!! )young Ukrainian men to their deaths in the meat grinder by supplying endless weapons and money to a corrupt Ukrainian Government., not to mention the Russian young men who have died. We need peace in that region not Brits, Yanks etc involving themselves in this tragedy other than trying to encourage an end to this madness. Who is benefiting apart from the parasite arms dealers and Globalist psychopaths?

I remember when the msm was describing the last secretary of national security was the second most important/powerful person in Russia, now Shoigou has been appointed it’s a demotion 🤷‍♂️ It’s all well and good throwing billions in weapons to Ukraine but they haven’t got the manpower to use it. No doubt it will disappear with no audit trail.

@henrybutchy3242

16 күн бұрын

Ukraine used up the $110 billion in munitions we sent, but they can't use up the next $60 billion in munitions. Genius, pure genius.

@r200ti

16 күн бұрын

They dont actually get that much mind. A lot of it is poured into things that are hard to quantify. Also, they have e.g10 billion for say 100 assets. These assets will be obsolete equipment. But the 10 billion is for replacing the obsolete equipment with new items. So the obsolete kit sent to ukraine has a value of say 1 billion and the remaing 9 gets spread out under the guise of buying 100 new assets for NATO. Another layer is added to this when it goes through say poland. The US gets the funding, poland hands over its obsolete kit and some polish officials get some big favours/holidays etc. Its really nefarious/bent stuff.

@ronsmith-ug5jl

16 күн бұрын

Good to see some people are actually looking deeper than mainstream Media.. Do. All there good for is spreading propaganda.. And Google.. Ect now. It's all about controlling what the people see and hear.. Have you not noticed how everywhere is going mad-on censorship... Big Media done but there's other things to bring up to date. Look into who funded Google first look right back into there start.. No guessing what controls them.. Lol.

... would appear that Putin has actually promoted Shoigu to a role as Head of the National Security Council and have responsibilities for the military-industrial complex .. which is the second most important position in the Russian government ..

@corn1971

16 күн бұрын

Promoted to a looming fall from a window while smoking. Totalitarian regimes don’t promote failure. They reassign them while going after their underlings to gut their power base to eliminate threats by those who back the removed high ranking official.

@marktrotter8971

16 күн бұрын

Erm... no. Going from heading the war and having responsibility for spending 25% of Russian GDP - to what is effectively sitting round a table with no budget and no power listening to those who do have budget and power...

@Doggieman1111

16 күн бұрын

The Russian National Security Council is where Putin's loyal but inept underlings are sent out to pasture.

Congrats 🎉🎊 Half a million is here ... and counting. Thank you Jake, thank you everyone💙💛

Military failures don't matter to Putin, loyalty and managing rivals is what matters.

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

well if we are going to trust you we need to know some things first. Was that food you brought at the store grown with Russian ammonium nitrate? Was it transported on a ship or truck using fuel from Ural oil? Was the electricity you consume generated with Russian refined uranium?

@ChadHarm_Toad

16 күн бұрын

He does seem to elevate failure to an art form.

@SickBastard69

14 күн бұрын

Dummies. 😂

russia has a very poor track record in wars.what happens is the government falls because of war .just like in 1990.

@pauldean8638

16 күн бұрын

what wars they lost in the last century

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

lol. is this a result of your western education?

@philipmain5701

16 күн бұрын

@@throughput6674 What is the only democratic country that GB has declared war against and why great educated westerner or easterner?

@ChadHarm_Toad

16 күн бұрын

They did get 'whooped' up on in the first Chechyan war in 94-96. Very simular to the quagmire they are in now. But of course, they didn't have the military genius Pooter back then either. LOL!!

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

@@philipmain5701 what? this isn't 20 questions buddy. jog on big L

Promotion: to give someone a higher position or rank; 'Sergei Shoigu was promoted to general secretary'

@onetrickpony4179

15 күн бұрын

He was promoted to wingless airman.

@patricklosi3358

14 күн бұрын

@onetrickponey And you shouldn't be allowed to vote you oblivious adolescent.

Soon or later Russian they give up like Afghanistan don't forget Russian they have more soldiers that time or Russian callups

@alexanderlazarev3570

16 күн бұрын

Joseph you are not Stalin to make such predictions about Russia. And Churchill also will curse you. They've been Allies by the way, at least for a time.

@daveess698

16 күн бұрын

... thought it was the US that fled from Afghanistan in 2021 .. leaving $85_Billion worth of military equipment ..

@emmetray4141

16 күн бұрын

Ofc, demographics bad, additional attritional loss, soviet stache used up over 50%, economy inflating through artificial non economic spendings, dutch disease due to export high, now loss for the first time in decades. Russia is on multiple bypasses and the long er war effort gets promoted, the harder they will crash. 3 years tops.

@6XCcustom

14 күн бұрын

puttin's survival depends on whether russia wins or loses so Russia will never surrender the only way to get russia to give up is if ukraine succeeds in winning on the battlefield and for that to happen the west and the usa must have a strategy, which they don't have so if ukraine is going to win then the west and the usa have to do what they say in nice words but in practice don't do and i'm afraid they won't do it

@alexanderlazarev3570

14 күн бұрын

@@6XCcustom If,if,if so many if's.

It must be nice, and I mean this is a positive light, to be a Times Radio studio host where a hot delicious cup of coffee can relatively be easily found and the subject matter of interviews is so important for the purpose of bringing news to the world. Thank you for your work and the platform you use. Thank you to the guest speakers on the new about Ukraine.

Many of your videos seem to suggest that Putin is failing, he's looking for a way out, etc. But this video indicates that Putin is gearing up to continue the war for years. It's confusing. It feels very hard to get a clear picture of the status of the war in Ukraine.

Gives him a promotion too. Wow he must have made soo many mistakes 🤦‍♀️

@drmohammedali1768

16 күн бұрын

Shocked he didn’t say P Diddy

@jonathangardner3694

16 күн бұрын

Expert...not propagandist. I trust these guys, don't you? ☠️🤡☠️

@LordBathtub

16 күн бұрын

Yeah they mentioned that within 2 minutes. Never heard of a news organisation using colourful language to drive engagement? Do better Orc lover 😘

@LordBathtub

16 күн бұрын

So ironic that Russians don't understand what "embellishing" is given you guys have habitually done it for 80 years

@imperatorvespasian3125

16 күн бұрын

name one, I mean a real one, not one made up by western media

Rest in peace Shoigu your incompetence is only exceeded by your corruption and both will be greatly missed. SLAVA UKRAINI from the United States

@Richelmo100

14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂➡️➡️➡️👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🔥🔥🔥💀💀💀

@patricklosi3358

14 күн бұрын

How much greater is the corruption and incompetence in Ukraine as opposed to Russia?

@INNIMA

14 күн бұрын

Haha your so delusional, this war ending us global hegemony and going to collapse nato and push Europe into russia’s economic influence

@SOPERFECTT

14 күн бұрын

Slava Russia

@monferrat8897

12 күн бұрын

Ucraine lost. Putin won. Thats the reality .

The rumors are irrelevant. As Zelensky correctly pointed out: Poo-tin does not honor agreements. Just ask Prigoshyn.

@geraldtraynor

14 күн бұрын

The Minsk agreements 2014? The deal negotiated in Ankara in 2022? The Kiev regime reneged on both of these under the diktats of their foreign sponsors. Now they're paying the price (or rather Ukraine's population is, with the notable exception of the Zelensky billionaire clique). Russia has no choice but to destroy the Ukraine's military.

@patricklosi3358

14 күн бұрын

If memory serves me correctly Zelensky ran for President of Ukraine campaigning on........Peace with Russia and the breakaway Oblasts. But you already knew that didn't you Mr. Self Awareness.

@user-ph5ys7ed7i

14 күн бұрын

@@patricklosi3358 rashist propaganda

@erikriza7165

11 күн бұрын

The worst Tsar in history was better than putin or any of the other communists.

Shoigu gets a party with Novichok cake.

He hasn't sacked Shoigu!! He's promoted him!! Bloody mainstream propaganda.

@williamnunley3493

16 күн бұрын

No he sacked him he gave him a job with no power he can't fire or hire anyone or make any decisions, he is a secretary. That's a demotion in everything but name.

@williamnunley3493

16 күн бұрын

Never seen a guy get printed from being in charge of a million man military to being paper pusher in Moscow with no authority, Log off 🤡.

@davidk7262

16 күн бұрын

Yeah he really hasn't.

@corn1971

16 күн бұрын

LOL. Dictator calls removal from office and targeting underlings of the ex official a “promotion”. And Wagner plane suffered a catastrophic failure unrelated to a being blown out of the sky.😂

@SickBastard69

14 күн бұрын

​@@williamnunley3493 go educate your self buddy!

Probably Macrons Initiative is necessary to send troops to Ukraine ❤❤❤❤❤

@DrojanaleTorvic

16 күн бұрын

He should send you to the frontline then 😂

@uzopaul871

16 күн бұрын

@@DrojanaleTorvic 😀😂🤣😆

Defense minister is for times of peace, it doesn’t work in offensive operations, I guess that’s what Putin realized lol

Shoigu was seen sitting next to Putin in China so it doesn't look like a demotion of any sort.

Push them out? Are you serious?

When you bring in the money people. Your looking at the cost of the War. And what is the Next move. No money no return. They will dig in and play the wait game.

Shoigu was promoted not sacked.

So who's going to sack Putin ? 🙄😷

Shoigu is now head of paper clips and staples.

I have a few questions: When was the last war Britain or the United States won? Why was Tommy Franks never fired? Or General Stanley MacChrystal or Ray Odierno or David Patreaus? Why was David Patreaus promoted from CENTCOM to ISAF Command and finally to Director of Central Intelligence? He didn't "solve" or "achieve" any victory at any point in his career.

@rwizard

13 күн бұрын

What is it like working in a Russian troll farm?

No idea

You're wrong, Putin did not sack Shoigu but he in fact promoted Shoigu . Putin needs a bolder, more vicious and tenacious head of defence.

Mistakes. That's putting it kindly. Also, the "mistakes" are ongoing.

@daveess698

16 күн бұрын

... the Russians will 'mistakenly' walk into Kiev in the near future ..

@ReynoldGreenlefe177

16 күн бұрын

Yes yes they are retreating forwards the idiots. Whilst the Ukrainians bravely advance backwards.

@patricklosi3358

14 күн бұрын

Compared to who/whom?

Shoigu was promoted guys, now besides the security council he controls also the defense industrial complex being one of the most powerful persons in Russia.

@jim2376

16 күн бұрын

Right, Ivan. Putin is shuffling the dorkoviki.

@alexanderlazarev3570

16 күн бұрын

​@@jim2376 Учи русский, придурок, скоро пригодится.

@anonymouse8124

16 күн бұрын

Watch Inside Russia by Konstantin. The "Head of the Security Council" isn't controlling anything that matters - neither money nor industry nor the authority to fire people. This is a demotion in all but name, to a position where he's kept around as a scapegoat for the future but cannot do any further harm to other factions in the Russian government.

@jim2376

16 күн бұрын

@@anonymouse8124 "This is a demotion in all but name" Yep. Posidaon might be a Russian troll.

@daveess698

16 күн бұрын

... as you say ..

This man was trying to retire before the war started but stayed on because putin asked him

Corruption and incompetence are the reasons but Shoighu is 68 years old and should be retired anyway.

Sir-gay is sacked

It's the dude from Pixars UP! 1:07

Shoigu has been promoted to the Russian Security Council and his main responsibility is to oversee the entire Russian MIC.

The losses and defeats must not exceed the maximum size of deniability... that, is an essential precondition, everyone in the Chain of Command must be able to lie about it.....

Should never had started a war!, In which you cannot win😂

In order to balance the Russian economy, an economist is installed. A good one who knows his job and the Russian military as being deputy prime minister. Shoigu has stabilised and reformed the Russian defence forces. He has been promted. This is a strategic move for the progression of the Russian economy and state.

He's been promoted..get more information before talking..lazy

it's the guy from up!

bs

Shoigu will have to stay away from high windows and staircases if putin has sacked him

Maybe this accountant can reduce the cost of the war for Russia 😁.

Still pedalling the lies... he was promoted

If Shoigu wasn't Tuvan, he would have been fired long ago. Putin needs him to show that Russian state power still extends a little to these distant Siberian regions.

Natia Seskuria is almost impossible to listen as she speaks in a monotone and drones on and on.

Secretary of Security Council is a very high position. Second in hierarchy, just after the President.

Corruption is the norm there Putun needs someone to blame for the body count now he has someone to point his finger at its that simple.

It is past time for the free people's of yalta to step up and demand their Ukrainian Citizenship.

I think you need some new journalists. Shoigu has been promoted to Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, so he will be the new Defence Minister's Boss

@oeokosko

16 күн бұрын

Well he previously reported directly to Putin, so that sounds like a Russian 'promotion'. All well and good as long as his desk isn't next to a window.

@rouz0

16 күн бұрын

@@oeokosko Now he has to sit with Putin every week in their weekly meeting 😂

What the new defense minister has spoken to is minimizing casualties. His expertise is economy, but here economizing will be on the meat-grinder or at least give that impression. It could be a fake purpose just to cover Putin's a.

Tw0 Timmes strowling to prononce the name of the guy...

The Russians are coming, The Russians are coming 😮..😂 hope they don’t have dinghies 😂

thats alotta "uhm"

He knows whats coming and protecting his closest mate from the repercussions . .au

@SickBastard69

14 күн бұрын

What exactly is coming?

This Ruzzian offensive was made possible thanks to the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene.

This guy absolutely doesn't know what he's talking about

Imagine one day Russia becomes a democracy live in hope people

@daveess698

16 күн бұрын

... you mean 'democracies' like in the West? .. where all the 'leaders' (Macron, Sunak, Trudeau, Meloni etc.) are appointed by the WEF/NWO globalist ..

Si inca o intrebare peste doua-trei luni cu ce trupe va ramine bufonul ca sa faca "marea ofensiva din vara"????

Much work for a 14 day war.

Who is the new head of FSB?

Repeat please.

Shoigo is nothing more than a lazy chap

Anything coming from Times Radio regarding Russia must be taken with a huge bag of salt.

@sot11cat

16 күн бұрын

Why are you here then? Go back into RT's cave and hide yourself over there; do not forget to get your tail and horns too inside the cavity... 😂😂😂

@michaelmaguire9330

13 күн бұрын

​​@sot11cat i agree with Thomas. Does that make me a Russian apologist? Rather than insulting others try to exercise a degree of professional respect for other opinions. In a democracy we have free speech..

The The rumble stops here.

Why is it a blunder…nonsense propaganda channel.

Not sacked , mooved sideways, if you think he was sacked ( Moved to another position ) due to the war effort I think your mistakedn, sad to see but Ukrainian front lines are collapsing, they are out of men.

Headless chickens

NATO should be sending 500k troops to Ukraine

I look and read and I can't shake the impression of an absolute lack of competence and reason. simple imposition of a trend and burying with tendentially interpreted facts by the media and then the expected and of course identically disastrous comments from the audience. By the casual audience but also by the professional audience, of course.

Putin tells Shoigu what to do and it fails. Putin blames him for the failure? Hmmm. Maybe Putie is the issue.

LOST YOU LOST IT SHOIGU IS THE KEY STOP BS

RUSSIA is coming RUSSIA is coming now RUSSIANS are here😀😆😂🤣

What took Poohtin so long 😂!

@SickBastard69

14 күн бұрын

What took USA so long in Iraq? 😂

Maga's favorite general

Free Yewkraine

Oh dear.

😂😂😂😂 Russian experts? 😂😂😂😂

Well - Russia is at full war economy …. But England is staying calm and carries on …. It was the UK that gave security guarantees to Ukraine to give up its nuclear arms. Wonder if you feel just a little bit embarrassed towards the Ukrainian people or if you play the US long game, let Europe sink once again into total chaos, to come to the rescue at the very end, when the damage is already long done.

@SickBastard69

14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

These repeats posted as new videos are getting so annoying. On brink of unsubscribing.

@0nFoot

16 күн бұрын

Bye

@rouz0

16 күн бұрын

They should make the narrative sit to their supporter' mind and start believing their nonsense😅

@garyoconnor6131

16 күн бұрын

@@0nFoot Good evening footy.

Pretty sure he actually got a promotion and much more in responsibilities.

😂😂😂 this analyst doesn’t know anything….the Russian army is failing…no soviet economist is going to save it….

EVIL 😈 WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US ALL. UNTIL THE ALMIGHTY SAID ONCE BE GONE FROM ME.AND IT WILL BE INSTANTANIIOUS ❤❤❤❤

Dream on ❤❤.

Joe Blogs' KZread channel has a lot on the Russian economy, its move to a wartime setting and its continued failing.

@pauldean8638

16 күн бұрын

According to cranks like joe blogs , didn’t he say Russia and China would collapse under sanctions two years ago ? Yeah and they grossed better profits than any other country .

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

Ask Joe blogs. Was that food you brought at the store grown with Russian ammonium nitrate? Was it transported on a ship or truck using fuel from Ural oil? Was the electricity you consume generated with Russian refined uranium?

@glintongordon6811

16 күн бұрын

Literally go down to a year ago in joe blogs report and see how credible he is... All his predictions are wrong

@oeokosko

16 күн бұрын

@@throughput6674 The answer to all those is maybe in the past, not now, and never in the future. Prepare yourself for the fall of Russia my friend.

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

@@oeokosko You are delusional. ALL western countries made Russian ammonium nitrate exempt from sanctions. 60% of the worlds diesel comes from Ural oil. And the US imports Russian refined uranium, as do other western countries. Because Russia if the world biggest refiner of Uranium. You have zero clue buddy. you are a virtue signalling hypocritical westerner at best.

why do english people struggle to pronounce Sergei? it's supposed to sound Sir-gay if that helps

Putin is making Russia overall weaker in the long run, it's economy is turning into a wartime economy but can the rest of the economy support the costs, with its energy revenue going down considerably most probably not in the long term!?!

@throughput6674

16 күн бұрын

Tell us all please. Was that food you brought at the store grown with Russian ammonium nitrate? Was it transported on a ship or truck using fuel from Ural oil? Was the electricity you consume generated with Russian refined uranium?

@pauldean8638

16 күн бұрын

Weaker ? You seen how they did last year compared to the western economies?

Not sacked. Promoted to head of Russian national security. A promotion.

@davidk7262

16 күн бұрын

Are you his wife?

Expertsay Ucraine going in history and you can take a seat too or keep change gender.

Russian experts,hilarious 😂

Nonsense Shoigu is sacked. Fake news. Shoigu has gone one position up and is head of the National Security Commission.

Liar .. He held the post for 16 years Reshuffle is normal practice in any government....

What a moronic clickbait title. Shoigu was not sacked because of military mistakes. He was stripped of power and placed in a holding position because he was engaged in political maneuvering against Putin. Turns out that Prighozhin was spot on with his accusations and games were being played by Shoigu and Gerasimov in a grab for Prighozhin's massive wealth. Putin was being fed false information, and sensitive nuclear asset information was sold. Military mistakes had nothing to do with it. Russia runs like an uneasy collaboration of mafia families and the power balance is in flux. Your headline sounds like you have it confused with British Parliamentary scandals.

😅😂🤣

Pootin empire cannot even win a tactical war with a smaller country like Ukraine how much more a EU country? He tried to show his manhood threatening to use nuclear weapon, but basically he use his nukes as crying game. He attack Ukraine indiscriminately while he cries if Ukraine fight back?🎉

@drmohammedali1768

16 күн бұрын

Entire western world lost in Afghanistan 🇦🇫

@uzopaul871

16 күн бұрын

Putin is Hitting ukraine and US led collective west so HARD

@drmohammedali1768

16 күн бұрын

@@uzopaul871 exactly these other guys don’t know but the way China, Iran and Russia are defying the west and not towing the line with socioeconomic issues is admirable.

@marktrotter8971

16 күн бұрын

@@uzopaul871 Ouch. the West is hurting... oh no - we're not are we? If you were here you would know that we really wouldn't know the Ukraine war was happening the effects are so tiny on our economies. The UK decided to increase military spending from 2% to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030. Meanwhile Russia is spending 25% of its GDP on its military, with its infrastructure and economy collapsing - and still only making enough weapons in a year to replace 2 months of its losses at the front line. I wonder how long those Soviet-era stockpiles will last?