Surging financial flows in January 2025 suggest Russia’s economy is growing more strongly than recently indicated, the Russian Central Bank said Friday. The volume of incoming payments processed ...

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Russia's economy could spiral as vital oil exports are sanctioned and refineries hit by Ukraine in drone strikes.

History shows that in times of war, it is easier for a government to implement lasting political changes, such as ...

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Economists are questioning Russia's latest economic data, as they say recently published and cited figures don't seem to match its real ...

Russia's latest economic figures show it had a strong 2024. But economists are suspicious, believing its data don't stand up to scrutiny and is inflated. This week, Trump threatened high tariffs ...

But in his Truth Social post the next day, he went further: "I'm going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR," he wrote. "Settle now, and STOP this ...

This would further strain the Russian economy, which first took a hit in February 2022 when the war began. The latest report from Reuters suggests Putin is worried about such measures from ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict ...