Sweden's finance minister raises doubts about the official figures on the state of the Russian economy, arguing that ...

"It's very clear that Russia's economy isn't as strong as Putin wants us to believe," Svantesson said, pointing to capital flight and nighttime satellite photos as potential evidence. Iikka Korhonen, ...

“It's very clear that the Russian economy is definitely not as strong as Putin wants us to believe,” Ms Svantesson said. "There is over Moscow, for example, a much darker picture," she said ...