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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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- War in Ukraine
German intelligence estimates that Russia’s true military spending may be 66% higher than officially reported, amounting to roughly 10% of GDP and nearly half of the federal budget. We show how it compares to historical and present examples.
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