Russian military exports fell by nearly one-third over the last five years, and the long-term picture looks bleak for Moscow.
The unprecedented Western sanctions campaign against Moscow is biting. Russia's economy did not shrink to the degree expected last year, but the Kremlin's budget deficit is ballooning as its fossil fuel export profits dwindle. More than 1,000 foreign companies have fled Russia, and export controls are making it more and more difficult for indigenous manufacturers to get advanced components needed for high-tech goods and weapons.
A destroyed Russian tank is photographed in the town of Sviatohirsk, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on March 1, 2023. Russian casualties and equipment losses in Ukraine are putting defense producers under pressure.Moscow is casting around for suppliers as its forces struggle to make ground in Ukraine.
Putin and his top allies have tried to present Russia as a technologically-advanced power capable of competing with its rivals in North America and Europe, but the actual goods it produces—and its inability or unwillingness to field its supposedly most advanced weapons, like the T-14 Armata tank and"The biggest states are looking for more advanced weapons, and cooperation and technology transfer," Wezeman said."They're not so very confident of Russian technology.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 bomber lands at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria on May 4, 2016. Multiple nations have refused the opportunity to procure the Russian aircraft over the past year.Indeed, SIPRI's data paint a sobering picture of Russia's declining allure among its most important customers, with arms exports decreasing to eight of its 10 biggest recipients between 2013–2017 and 2018–2022.
SIPRI found that European NATO states increased their arms imports by 65 percent over the five years in question, seeking"to strengthen their arsenals in response to a perceived heightened threat from Russia."
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