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Russia's war-driven economy on the brink of stagnation
The Russian economy, driven by war expenditures and masking structural problems, is on the brink of stagnation. Although the ...
Russian Economy Time Bomb: Putin Warned of 'Seismically Disruptive' War Debt
About half of Russia's military budget is off the books, according to Craig Kennedy, a former Morgan Stanley investment ...
War Ate Up Almost a Quarter of Russia’s Liquid Assets in 2024
Russia spent almost a quarter of the national wealth fund’s available reserves last year to keep the economy on a war footing ...
Savage double whammy for Putin as Russian war casualties near 1m amid economic chaos
Vladimir Putin’s war efforts have hit a humiliating low as some estimates reveal he has lost around 800,000 men in Ukraine ...
Russia's economy faces a demographic disaster and risks seeing its population reduced by half by the end of this century, think tank says
"Putin's government has not evinced visible concern that Russia's population might be cut in half by century's end," an ...
Russia’s war economy is a house of cards
The reality is that the financial underpinnings of Russia’s war economy increasingly look like a house of cards — so much so that senior members of the governing elite are publicly expressing concern.
Ukraine's economic growth to slow to 2.7% in 2025, says deputy economy minister
Ukraine's gross domestic product growth is expected to slow to 2.7% this year from probably around 3.6% in 2024, a deputy ...
The US is tightening its grip on one of the key pillars of Russia's economy
Oil and gas revenue is expected to account for around 27% of Russia's federal revenue in 2025, according to a draft budget ...
Russian Ruble Nosedives as Economy Gives Putin Major Headache
The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the ...