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 ...
Sweden’s finance minister has raised scepticism about Russia’s official figures describing the state of the Russian economy, arguing that the inflation figures from its central bank are an ...
Vladimir Putin is nervous. Almost three years into his war in Ukraine, the Russian president is increasingly concerned about ...
Russia has reoriented its economy toward war operations through development of the military industry. But sanctions, high inflation and worker shortages have buffeted the economy and raised ...
Russia's economy is completely dominated by its war in Ukraine, so much that Moscow cannot afford either to win or lose the war, according to one European economist. Renaud Foucart, a senior ...
Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...
The Russia and Eurasia Program offers analysis of rapid economic change in Russia and the consequences for U.S. policy There is no aspect of contemporary Russia that has changed more rapidly and ...