In 2026, Russia has earmarked 12.121 trillion roubles (about $144.4bn) for defence. Taking into account other expenditures linked to the war against Ukraine, the total reaches 14.886 trillion roubles (about $177.4bn).
This is reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
The classified portion of Russia’s defence budget amounts to 9.187 trillion roubles, or about $109.5bn.
For the development of the military-industrial complex, military-technical co-operation, and scientific and production programmes, Moscow has overall allocated 15.929bn roubles ($189.8m).
Separate funds have been set aside to support defence-industry enterprises, including compensation for costs, preventing bankruptcies, interest on loans, and payments to employees.
Russia has allocated 26.178bn roubles ($312m) for applied defence research, and a further 10.233bn roubles ($121.9m) for the development and production of various types of drones.
In addition, 687.6bn roubles, about $8.19bn, has been earmarked for the purchase of drones for the National Guard. They are planned to be used both in the war against Ukraine and within Russia to protect critical infrastructure, patrol cities, and monitor the population.
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Russia’s official defence spending in 2026 is more than three times the combined funding for education and healthcare. The country has allocated about $21bn and $22.5bn for these areas respectively.
- In 2026, Russian oligarchs transferred 471bn roubles to the Russian state budget, or more than $5.6bn, in the form of so-called “voluntary contributions”. This sum covers more than 1% of Russia’s state spending this year.