The Russian economy continues to falter as numerous industries suffer as a result of Western sanctions. This week, it was ...
The new reality has forced the Kremlin to raise taxes and increase debt, and hovers over peace talks with Ukraine.
"The Russian people are increasingly feeling the effects of the Kremlin's continued prioritization of the Russian defense industrial base." ...
Russia's leading steelmakers have historically been among the most profitable globally.
Russia’s economy is slowing sharply, with the highest interest rates in two decades driving up debt levels as the world’s ...
Russia continuously upgrades its Geran (Shahed) drones to beat Ukrainian defenses, but rising costs now exceed cheap ...
Russia's economy grew by one percent in 2025, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, marking a much slower expansion ...
Russia's GDP grew by 1% in 2025, as announced by President Vladimir Putin. Despite a price spike in January due to a VAT increase, Putin predicts that the inflation rate will stabilize at around 5% by ...
These cases point to a general pattern. Economic pressure tends to matter in war only when it triggers one of three outcomes: the collapse of a state’s capacity to fight, the fragmentation of the ...
Nearly three years into the most comprehensive sanctions regime ever imposed on a significant economy, Russia’s defense ...
President Donald Trump made a bargain with India this week that introduced a simple calculus.
The Russian economy has been dealing with growing headwinds this year: unruly inflation, a ballooning budget deficit – due in part to massive military spending – and shrinking revenues from oil and ...