[AdmSmith]

Russia appears firmly set on its course of militarization of the Arctic. In a region where economic activities are mostly declining and where environmental challenges are on the rise, Russia appears to be engaged in a one-sided arms race. It is glaringly obvious to observers outside the Kremlin that Russia’s severe economic recession makes this course unsustainable. Russia may aspire to Arctic greatness, but there is little there to achieve and Russia is unlikely to be able to achieve it.
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/08/27-russia-arctic-geopolitics-baev

Putin:
“I have said in the past, and want to stress this point again now, economic growth does not get underway again all on its own. If we do not find new growth sources, we will see GDP growth of around zero, and then our possibilities in the social sector, national defence and security, and in other areas, will be considerably lower than what is needed for us to really develop the country and make progress.”
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51996

Actually, the GDP is not even zero it is shrinking at an accelerating rate:
It should be pointed out, however, that Rosstat’s estimate of the rate of negative growth in the first quarter (-0.6 percent compared to the fourth quarter) is not official: due to a revision of its methodology, Rosstat has altogether stopped publishing data about seasonally adjusted and calendar-year adjusted GDP after 2011.

http://imrussia.org/en/analysis/economy/2562-sergey-aleksashenko-no-good-news-for-russia%E2%80%99s-federal-budget,-but-the-government%E2%80%99s-in-no-hurry

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith.