INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
service reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous senior official from the defense alliance.Despite mounting domestic economic pressures, the
alliance estimates that the Kremlin has enough resources to finance the war for several more years, the senior NATO official told BBC Russia
operating at full capacity and that any further expansion of weapons production is likely unfeasible, the official said.NATO also attributes
the Kremlin.U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end the war have so far failed to achieve meaningful progress, the official continued, claiming
(ISW) predicted that Russia could only keep fighting at its current pace for another 12 to 16 months before financial and manpower
constraints start to take a toll.On Tuesday, Putin signed amendments to the federal budget for 2025 that point to mounting fiscal
challenges.Projected oil and gas revenues, the backbone of state spending, have been revised downward by nearly 25%, from 10.8 trillion
($49.4 billion) this year, more than three times the original forecast of 1.2 trillion ($15.6 billion).The Finance Ministry has been drawing
from the National Wealth Fund (NWF) to make up the shortfall.The fund currently covers revenue losses when the price of Russian Urals crude
falls below $60 per barrel, but Bloomberg reported in May that this threshold could be lowered to $50 for 2025.As of early June, the Finance
Ministry had 2.8 trillion rubles ($36.4 billion) in liquid assets left in the fund
Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) warn that the NWF could be exhausted as soon as 2026 if global
commodity prices remain low.
