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A Glance at Military Spending Around the World
Russian solders prepare to move a Russian tank T-72B at the Ostryakovo railway station not far from Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Associated Press
Russian military forces are far better equipped than their counterparts in Ukraine, whose government can barely afford to pay their soldiers’ salaries.
Here is a look at the amount the two former Soviet nations spend each year on each member of their armed forces, compared with even bigger-spending militaries in the East and West, according to security affairs consultancy IHS Aerospace & Defense.
The totals are in U.S. dollars per year, per member of the armed forces.
—United States $381,306
—United Kingdom $330,810
—France $231,934
—Russia $83,478
—China $77,712
—India $35,732
—Ukraine $11,937
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