Russia's growing military expenditure amid economic sanctions
Despite facing heavy economic sanctions from the West, Russia's financial expenditure on the military continues to grow as it persists in strengthening its foothold in the Ukrainian conflict.
Service members of pro-Russian troops walk across a road before the expected departure of Ukrainian soldiers, who surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel mill, in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Mariupol, Ukraine May 19, 2022.(photo credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)ByMAARIV
