Civil War Russia 2025. Defence spending will rise to 13.5 trillion roubles ($145 billion) in 2025, the fourth year of what russia calls a special military operation in ukraine, up 25% from the 2024 level. Russia as we know it ‘won’t exist’ the next decade will see russia “seeking to secure itself” before economic decline hits, stratfor warn as it continues to act aggressively in the region.
Leaked documents from germany’s defence ministry suggest that berlin is expecting russia to extend the war that began in ukraine in 2022 into europe by 2025, forcing a major conflict with nato. But more significantly for the kremlin, it may also be the site of an extraordinary russian civil war, playing out on ukrainian soil between different factions.