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For Vladimir Putin, Russians’ appetite for the vegetable has become problematic, however. Shortages have pushed up prices by ...
A slowdown exposes the limits of the country’s wartime economy and suggests sanctions may finally be taking a toll.
The Russian economy has adapted to Western sanctions and inflation is now slowing, but turbulent times and major ...
Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the ...
Russia’s economy has gone through cycles of boom and bust, from its Soviet-era strength to modern-day struggles under sanctions and structural weaknesses. While it remains a global power in energy and ...
Russia’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, with a credible risk of a systemic ...
Russia is also facing a "food catastrophe" after grain harvests were reported to have fallen by 12.7 million tonnes in the ...
For middle-class couple Sergei Duzhikov and Maria Tyabut, living just outside Moscow, the Western sanctions imposed on Russia ...
Russia has faced economic turbulence caused by sanctions imposed after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that are aimed at choking Moscow's military machine. Strong GDP has been driven by high ...
Housing and utility bills in some parts of Russia are expected to soar by up to 25% as the country's economic meltdown ...
The Russian Ruble has soared in the first half of 2025, outperforming most of the world's currencies. In particular, it ...