Radosław Sikorski stressed last week at the NATO summit in The Hague: – Putin erstwhile said that the russian Union had broken up due to the fact that he spent besides much on reinforcements, and now he does precisely the same thing. He leads a very costly war and has yet to provoke the full West to increase defence spending.
The head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs besides compared the situation of Russia to Iran, talking about "years of collecting militias" and developing a atomic program that will yet not have effect. Let us add that at the last summit in The Hague, the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance committed themselves to raising arms spending to 5% of GDP. It is besides essential to make Russia a major threat to the Alliance's security.
Lavrow responds to Sikorski
When asked about the comment on Sikorski's statements, Sergei Lawrow stated that since the Polish minister "is specified a luck teller, he most likely predicts that a catastrophic increase in spending on the defence of NATO states can yet lead to the collapse" of the Alliance.
“Moscow is guided by "healthy judgment", not "sucking arguments about threats," as NATO states do," he said. The Russian chief of diplomacy has already stressed that NATO's decision to increase defence spending "will not have a crucial impact on Russia's security".
Let us add that the Stockholm global Institute for Peace investigation stated that "the planned military spending of Russia in 2025 is likely to amount to 7.2 percent of GDP". According to representatives of the centre, "expenditure on the army can be estimated at about 15.5 trillion rubles, which represents PLN 715 billion". That's 3.4 percent more than last year.
