How Russia's most advanced military equipment stacks up against NATO hardware
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Half of the country's government revenues come from oil and gas exports, and its economy has taken a big hit since crude prices collapsed in 2014. Military spending fell by 5.6% in 2016 to £39.8 billion ($49.2 billion) from £42 billion ($51.5 billion) last year.
Despite that, Russia's military spending as a percentage of its GDP continues to outstrip that of countries within NATO by a considerable distance. It currently spends 5.4% of its annual GDP on defence - the closest a NATO country comes by comparison is the United States, which spends just 3.3%.
But how does the modern Russian military stack up against the best that the Western Alliance has to offer?
Take a look.
This post is based on a previous article by Mike Bird
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