Russia’s services and manufacturing sectors expanded at their fastest pace in a year in January, driven by improved demand conditions and a sharp rise in new orders, according to the latest Purchasing ...

Has Russia’s prime interest rate peaked? The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) says analysts have lowered their forecast for ...

The economic woes add to Russian President Vladimir Putin's case for talks with ... including a stop to state home loan ...

One in five firms are at risk of defaulting on their loans, according to Russia's Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short ...

Vladimir Putin is growing distressed by challenges cropping up in the country's economy, which include high inflation and ...

Domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vladimir Putin is nervous. Almost three years into his war in Ukraine, the Russian president is increasingly concerned about the state of the economy. The cost of borrowing has surged to painful ...