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Presidential election in Russia: how far can Vladimir Putin go?
Presidential election in Russia: how far can Vladimir Putin go?
(franceinfo)
Unsurprisingly, this is a “Soviet” score: Vladimir Putin was re-elected on Sunday March 17 with more than 87% of the votes. Now that he has more free hands than ever to lead the war, how does the Russian president plan to win it?
Every day, on the front, the Russian army fires four to five times more shells than Ukraine. And for good reason, Vladimir Putin, who won his fifth term as president on Sunday March 17, has turned the country’s entire economy towards war. According to the Kremlin, 30% of federal spending is now devoted to the defense industry, or 7.5% of Russian GDP. To keep up, Vladimir Putin assured during a press conference that 520,000 positions had been created in the defense industry.
Massive ammunition production capacity
Russian Decree No. 1365 published on August 1, 2022 states that “in the defense industry, employers can make their employees work overtime without their consent”And this, “whatever day of the year”. Russia now has the capacity to produce 3 million artillery munitions per year, while Europe and the United States can, together, only supply a maximum of 1.2 million to kyiv.
