The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council reported serious financial difficulties that key Russian defense enterprises are beginning to experience, despite astronomical injections by the Russian Federation into the military machine, writes UNN.
Despite the fact that the Russian authorities are pouring astronomical sums into the military machine, key defense enterprises of the aggressor country are beginning to experience serious financial difficulties
The problem, as indicated, was publicly acknowledged by the head of the state corporation "Rostec", Sergei Chemezov: at a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, he stated that the company's net profit for 2025 collapsed by 42%.
"The reason is that the production of weapons in Russia is becoming increasingly expensive. Sanctions have blocked direct access to Western technologies, and the general deterioration of the situation in the Russian economy, a shortage of personnel, and inflation are also taking their toll. As a result, even the largest defense enterprises are no longer able to independently maintain the pace of production that the Kremlin demands," the CCD of the NSDC stated.
Chemezov's statement, the CCD noted, is "a direct signal to the government that more money is needed to maintain the operation of the system."
"And for the Russian government, this is a serious challenge, because there is nowhere to get additional funds; the federal budget of the Russian Federation already has a record deficit. It is also futile to hope that Putin will decide to produce less weapons. For ordinary Russians, this means only one thing - to prepare for an even tighter tightening of belts," the CCD of the NSDC noted.
Russia's war machine under pressure, regions experience revenue decline - media27.02.26, 12:09