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

Russia's economy is set to lose another source of income that Ukraine controls

Russia's natural-gas transit deal with Ukraine is set to expire soon, which would cut billions in revenue. Read More

Is Russia’s economy too fragile to sustain its war efforts?

Russia’s economy is in trouble with no signs of easing on the horizon. Inflation remains hot, interest rates hit record highs, and war-related spending stretches resources thin. Even Vladimir Putin ... Read More

Russia's overheated economy is squeezing one of Moscow's key trading channels with China

Russia's rail industry is in its worst downturn since the Great Financial Crisis, according to an estimate from MMI Research. Read More

Tensions Rise Among Russia’s Elite as Economic Growth Slows

The slowdown is worrying for the Kremlin but not ... economy that Russia spurred into overdrive is slowing, causing tensions among the country’s economic elites as the war with Ukraine ... Read More

Russia economy on the brink as Putin orders company not to publish financial results

Historically, it has been a significant revenue generator, underpinning Russia's oil-dominated economy. However, Western sanctions triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, dwindling European ... Read More

A key pillar of Russia's wartime economy could soon be taking another hit

The global oil markets are weighed down by ample supply and demand concerns, in part because of China's flagging economy ... would leave a "difficult legacy" in US-Russia relations, according to the ... Read More

Russia's economy will need to adapt to new US sanctions, economy minister says

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble will strengthen when temporary speculative factors and market nervousness are gone, but the economy will ... month of the Ukraine war. Read More

The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia's economy really in trouble?

Since 2000, he says the state has had a budgetary surplus of about one per cent each year. In next year's budget, Russia is allocating $145 billion US to ... in the economy will not be so ... Read More