— 02 / CHAPTER
02
COMPARISON
— 02.1 / RATIO
4.65 : 1
ratio of expenditure
military-security bloc
to social bloc
For every dollar allocated to healthcare and education, the state spends four dollars and sixty-five cents on defence and security.
Federal Law No. 426-FZ · Article 5 · Annexes 12, 14
— 02.2 / FEDERAL BUDGET BREAKDOWN
$484 bn
total federal budget expenditure for 2026
— BLOCK A
Military-security bloc
38.2 %
$185 bn
width — relative to block below
— breakdown
— BLOCK B
Healthcare and education
8.2 %
$40 bn
— breakdown
— BLOCK C · NOT INCLUDED IN COMPARISON
The remaining 53.6% of the budget (≈ $260 bn) covers pensions, debt service, the national economy, state administration and other categories. They are not included in this comparison because they are not direct alternatives to military spending.
— 02.3 / DIFFERENCE
$185 bn — $40 bn
$145 bn
That is by how much the military-security bloc exceeds the total spending on healthcare and education in one budget year.
calculation: Federal Law No. 426-FZ · annexes 12, 14
— 02.4 / UNIT OF MEASURE
To translate billions into a human scale, we use the same unit as in Chapter 01: a Russian teacher's annual salary — ≈ $4,500 (410,400 ₽).
— MILITARY-SECURITY BLOC
$185 bn
= 41,000,000 annual teacher salaries
— SOCIAL BLOC
$40 bn
= 8,820,000 annual teacher salaries
— DIFFERENCE
32,200,000
annual teacher salaries — that is by how much the military-security bloc exceeds combined spending on healthcare and education.
— 02.5 / SCALE OF PROFESSION
Russia employs 1.3 million teachers and 660 thousand doctors. Their full annual salary fund — ≈ $8.8 bn.
The 2026 military-security budget is 21 such funds. Twenty-one annual salaries for every teacher and every doctor in the country — in a single budget cycle.
Rosstat · headcount of teaching and medical workers, 2024
— 02.6 / BRIDGE
Behind every figure — the signature of a specific person. Chapter 03 is the registry of those who signed these numbers into law.
— METHODOLOGY
All shares and absolute figures are taken from the annexes to Federal Law No. 426-FZ of 28 November 2025 and the Ministry of Finance's explanatory memorandum. Headcount of teachers and medical workers — Rosstat, 2024. Annual teacher salary — «Rodnaya Shkola» teachers' union survey, 2025. Share calculation: section value ÷ 44.07 trn ₽ (≈ $484 bn). USD equivalents at FX rate ₽91 / $1, March 2026 (CBR).
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