Russia's economy is so driven by the war in Ukraine that it cannot afford to either win or lose, economist says

Russia's economy can't afford to win or lose the war in Ukraine, one economist says. That's because Russia can't afford the cost of rebuilding and securing Ukraine. The cost of repairing its own ... Read More

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows. Read More

Russia Warns 'America Has Chosen the Path of War' Over Ukraine

Russia Ambassador Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek the U.S. "fatally balances on the brink of a direct clash between nuclear powers." ... Read More

Faisal Islam: Russia’s war economy cannot last but has bought time

At its heart was the seizing of the Russian state's official ... Russia has transformed its economy into a mobilised war economy. The Russian state is spending a record in the post-Soviet era. Read More

Russia's Putin says economy is growing at robust pace

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the economy continues to grow at a robust pace and Moscow is successfully coping with external challenges. Russia's economy ministry this week ... Read More

3 ways Russia's war-time economy is set to weaken after a surprisingly strong 2023

with its economy growing 3.6%, according to Russia's federal statistics service. But much of that growth was fueled by military spending amid the country's war against Ukraine, and there's a limit ... Read More

High interest rates, rising inflation: The economy still isn’t normal

The economy still ... Powell said at a news conference last month. “And if we ease too late, we could do unnecessary harm to employment and people’s working lives.” When the Fed raced ... Read More

Russia’s war on Ukraine forces Europe to weaponise its economic might

“As an economic ... the Washington summit” in July. Both processes normally take several years, but membership would strengthen Ukraine’s hand in negotiations with Russia to end the war ... Read More

Why Russia’s economy is doing so well – even if the good times won’t likely last

It goes without saying that reports of Russia’s economic demise proved premature. Several factors account for the country’s surprising resilience. First off, it put itself on a war footing. Read More

Russia’s war economy continues to mobilise further in 2024

GlobalData intelligence anticipates Russia’s expanding war economy to double down on its so-called ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine. In November 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin ... Read More

‘No Time’ to Lose Against Russia’s War Economy, Lithuania Says

NATO has “no time” to lose as Europe’s military industry ramps up production to keep pace with Russia’s war economy ... interviews after taking the post this month, said North Atlantic ... Read More