Defense spending is set at 17.1 trillion rubles, or 6.9% of GDP and 35% of all expenditures — 3.6 trillion rubles, or 27%, above the parameters of the current budget law. In 2028, defense spending is planned at 16.6 trillion rubles, or 32.6% of all expenditures.
The documents, being prepared for submission to the State Duma, show that sections of spending unrelated to defense are being cut even in nominal terms — that is, without adjusting for inflation.
Spending on social policy, which includes pensions, payments to war veterans and maternity benefits, will be cut in 2027 by 7% from the amount the government planned a year earlier. In 2028, the cut will be 5.4%.
Funding for education will fall by 6% next year and by 9.5% in 2028. Healthcare will lose 6.8% and 5.9% respectively. The "national economy" section — roads, infrastructure, agricultural subsidies — will be cut by 7.4% and 9.9%.
Part of social spending is paid by regional and municipal authorities and is not included in these figures.
Spending under the "national security" heading, which includes the budgets of the Interior Ministry, the National Guard and the security services, will rise only slightly in nominal terms — by 3.2% in 2027 and 1.7% in 2028. Adjusted for inflation, it will decline.
Spending on state propaganda will rise sharply: next year, expenditures on media controlled by the authorities will jump by 43.2% from the current budget law.
Interest payments on state debt will reach 4.6 trillion rubles — almost as much as will be spent on the national economy. That is 812 billion rubles, or 21.6%, above the current plan.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said when approving the draft that the budget is aimed primarily at fulfilling social obligations, supporting families with children, and developing education and healthcare.