Putin's IBS<p>President of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Emmanuel_Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emmanuel_Macron</span></a> has called on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> manufacturers to increase the volume of arms production. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> is offering arms contracts to European countries.</p><p>As of 2023, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> was among the top ten countries in the world in terms of military spending, as well as among the top five countries in the world in terms of military exports. (Ahead of it are the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/United_States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>United_States</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>'s military-industrial complex accounts for</p>