Russia's economy is entering a year of pain in 2025

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s. Read More

Vladimir Putin makes desperate move to try and save Russian economy that's crashing in on itself

Vladimir Putin's regime is set to ease payment restrictions on its fossil fuel exports, in a strategic shift from the tough stance the Kremlin had taken earlier ... Read More

The Russian economy can’t sustain Putin’s war on Ukraine much longer, expert says

Russia's economy ... Putin to stop waging war on Ukraine as early as next year, according to economist and author Anders Åslund. In a recent op-ed on Project Syndicate, he cited financial ... Read More

Russia’s war economy is on its last legs, but peace may be even worse for Vladimir Putin, experts say

The Russian economy looks unable to sustain President Vladimir Putin ... war beyond late 2025, when it will begin running out of key weapons systems,” they wrote. But the Kremlin’s ... Read More

Russia says its economy did better than expected, one year into the Ukraine war. But experts say there's a red flag behind the announcement.

In his state of the nation speech, Putin went on to tout the resilience of Russia's economy amid the sanctions ... according a Financial Times January 29 report."The lack of publicly available ... Read More

Putin boasts about Russia’s economy as he opens annual news conference

Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about the economy and hailed his troops’ gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show. He uses the event to reinforce his authority ... Read More

Putin acknowledges a key pain point in Russia's economy

Russia's inflation target is 4% and Putin said the country should increase the supply of goods and services to fight inflation, per TASS state news ... they are sick of propping up the country's ... Read More

Putin on Trump, the Ukraine war and Russia's economy

Following are some of the key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual phone-in and news conference. Dear colleague... you and those people who pay your salary in the United States would ... Read More

Russian Ruble Collapses As Putin's Economy in Trouble

The Russian currency, the ruble, has plunged to its lowest rate against the U.S. dollar since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as sanctions continue to hurt his country ... Read More