Janis Kluge

academic

Янис Клюге is described in the coverage as a German economist specializing in analyzing Russian budgets and the financing of the war in Ukraine. He has published calculations on Substack regarding military mobilization and personnel retention rates based on federal budget data. His analysis includes estimates of the number of contract soldiers being recruited daily and the attrition of mobilized personnel since 2022. He is cited as an expert from the German Institute for International Security Affairs.

Events

• Fuel shortages hit St. Petersburg as queues grow
• This influx offset the reduction in the number of mobilized…

Recent coverage

• Saint Petersburg after the shutdown of the largest oil refinery faced a record fuel shortage — Дождь (Telegram)
• 2.5 billion rubles per hour. Russia's war spending with Ukraine has reached a new record — The Moscow Times
• Budget analysis: the pace of recruiting contract soldiers in the Russian army has stabilized at 1,000 people per day — BBC News Русская служба
• Municipalities compile lists of men for war recruitment by quotas. First of all are debtors, drivers, deprived of rights, under supervision and sentenced to non-strict punishments, - analyst Janis Kluge — ASTRA
• Russia lost nearly half of mobilized personnel on the Ukraine front in 2022 — The Moscow Times
• Analysis of the Russian budget: from 300 thousand mobilized in 2022, less than 170 thousand remain in the army, however part... — BBC News Русская служба