Inside Russia’s war economy: How Putin turned growth into survival

For a while, it looked as if Russia’s economy had beaten the odds. After Western sanctions, oil embargoes and the cost of war ...

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls

By Anastasia Lyrchikova and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) -From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and ...

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a ...
The Economist

Russia’s besieged economy is clinging on

How long can the Ukrainian military hold up versus how long can the Russian economy hold up.” Tougher sanctions, including ...

Russia's economic growth may be too weak to sustain defense and social spending, a top business leader warns

Russia's GDP growth is expected to fall short of the 2% annual growth target required to cover defense, security, social ...
Crude Oil Prices

Russia’s Wartime Economy Creaks Under Inflation and Fuel Shortages

A Ukrainian drone campaign has knocked out 17% of Russia’s refining capacity, fueling shortages and price spikes across the country. Massive defense spending, making up 41% of the 2025 budget, has ...
The New York Sun

As Ukraine Targets Russia’s Oil Refineries, Gas Lines Bring the War Home to Ivan

Now, Ukraine is pinching the hose. Over the last two months, Ukrainian drones have hit refinery after refinery. Of Russia’s ...

Russia says it's advancing in Ukraine and its economy is stable, after Trump calls it 'paper tiger'

Russia said on Wednesday it was economically stable and its army was advancing in Ukraine, rejecting comments by U.S. President Donald Trump urging Kyiv to take advantage of Russian economic weakness ...

Will Russia implode after Ukraine?

Here is question that few people have posed or even considered. What will be the fate of Russia after the war in Ukraine ends ...

Trump’s misreading of Russia has cost Ukraine. Now Putin is making his intentions clearer than ever

US President Donald Trump’s belief he could somehow, through force of personality, convince his Russian counterpart, Vladimir ...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian fighter jet crashes while attempting to land before drone attack on Kyiv

A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed while attempting to land in the western Lipetsk region near the border with Ukraine, the ...

-Syria seeks Russian investment as U.S. sanctions hammer economy

President Bashar al Assad said on Monday he wanted to expand business ties with Russia to help Syria cope with new U.S. sanctions on its already crippled economy that threaten to undermine military ...