Sipri study: Europe almost doubles arms imports. By far the most weapons went abroad from the USA - they increased their exports by 17 percent in the comparable period.
Russia, for a long time the second largest arms exporter in the world after the USA, slipped to third place, just behind France. According to Sipri, Europe has recently imported massively more weapons. Imports rose by 94 percent. The largest importer is Ukraine - which received almost a quarter of all weapons imports to Europe.