Russia's economy is not doing well. It dealing with shortages, inflation and huge spending costs. And the US is about to ...
By 2024, Russia appeared to have defied expectations. Despite unprecedented Western sanctions, the economy grew by 4.9%, ...
The intelligence report estimated that 10% of Russia's corporate ⁠loans may not be repaid, while 15% of retail loans at some ...
The IMF now expects Russia's economy to grow 0.9% in 2025, down from the 1.5% it had projected in April.
Russia's GDP growth is expected to fall short of the 2% annual growth target required to cover defense, security, social spending, and investment.
Russia's oil export revenues, measured in rubles, have plunged 50% this year, according to Goldman Sachs.
The hope is that an economic crisis in Russia leads to social unrest and political instability, possibly resulting in the ...
Russia’s economy defied predictions of collapse after sweeping Western sanctions in 2022. Driven by massive defence spending, ...
Russia's offensive in Ukraine is moving at its slowest pace in more than a year, seizing a fraction of the ground it took last summer, according to new ISW data. With casualties approaching 1.4 ...
MOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) - The Russian economy ⁠contracted ⁠by 0.3% in the first quarter, marking ⁠its first quarterly contraction since early 2023, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, as the ...
The question now is whether Russia’s economic difficulties will lead to mass protests and a split among the elites as happened in late Soviet times.