Finance Minister Anton Siluanov reported that Russia anticipates a 1.5% growth rate in 2025, down from previous projections.

This is an audio transcript of The Economics Show podcast episode: ‘Why Russia’s wartime economy is starting to crack. With Elina Ribakova’ Sam Fleming Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been ...

"The key channel by which secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian energy could impact the global economy would be through the ...

Therefore, a policy of economic restraint, as opposed to economic warfare, would still appear the best approach to ending the war in Ukraine. Additional sanctions on Russia and countries who trade ...

Russia anticipates a slowed economic growth of 1.5% in 2025, down from a previous 2.5% forecast. High interest rates to curb ...

Moscow is preparing to raise taxes and cut spending as it tries to maintain high defence expenditure with Russia's economy ...

Russia's current dilemma reflects a broader economic malaise. High inflation, shrinking investment, and a volatile ruble have already eroded consumer confidence.

Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and her deputy Alexei Zabotkin addressed a news conference on Friday after the central bank cut its key rate to 18% from 20%.

Falling oil and gas prices are exacerbating a budget deficit that is threatening to spiral out of control, as the economy ...

Russia's high recruitment bonuses are straining its economy amid the Ukraine war. The soldier sign-on bonuses increase competition for labor, driving up wages and inflation. The country's economic ...

Russia has more friends than Western analysts like to admit, even three years into the Russo-Ukrainian War. While many have ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukraine, as well as on the global food, financial, ...