After 1900, the reason Russian military spending increased was to 1. strengthen the Russian military after a defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1905, the Russians lost a war against the Japanese which was shocking because Russia was a European power and the Japanese was Asian.
As a result, the Russians increased their military spending to make their army strong again and to avoid similar defeats.
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