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

Russian economy in 'disaster' as key insider says 'Vladimir Putin knows it can't grow'

Russia's central bank has been struggling to get a grip on rising prices after maintaining interest rates at its record 21 percent on Friday - as a key insider said the country's economy is in 'disast ... Read More

Putin admits Russian inflation is an ‘alarming signal' and the economy is ‘overheating'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that inflation is a problem in Russia and that the country’s economy is overheating. Read More

The Russian Economy Remains Putin’s Greatest Weakness

The tsarist Russian army, having exhausted the Prussians, was on the march and threatening Berlin. But then the unthinkable happened: Empress Elizabeth of Russia died, and her Prussophile successor, ... Read More

Russian economy in meltdown as Vladimir Putin issued dire bankruptcy warning

Tensions have reportedly erupted among Russia's elite due to the heavy toll of sanctions on the economy ... who runs the nation's financial regulatory body and is a close ally of Putin, cautioned ... Read More

Russian economy in meltdown but 'Putin can't afford for Ukraine war to end'

Putin will use this time to continue to crank up his war machine because he needs to build up his devastated armed forces.” Putin has cited his transition to a wartime economy as a sanction ... Read More

Putin Increasingly Worried About Russian Economy: ISW

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen at the VTB Forum in Moscow on December 4, 2024. During his address he spoke of the ... It adds to growing bad news for the Russian economy with citizens ... Read More

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

WATCH | Putin tells Russians there's no need to panic over economy ... runs a logistics company in Murmansk, a Russian port city that lies above the Arctic Circle. Speaking to CBC News via Zoom ... 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.

A day before Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his state ... "an economic meltdown was projected" earlier last year in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine, state-run TASS news agency ... Read More

Putin Eyes a ‘Trump Peace Deal’ in Ukraine, a New Report Says, as Russian Economy Buckles

The countdown to Trump’s swearing-in on January 20 is well under way. According ... are adding to Russia’s economy Mr. Putin’s own “Ukraine drain.” Despite Mr. Putin’s staged smiles at the BRICS ... Read More