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Russia’s War Economy Is Quietly Cracking – and Putin Knows It

Russia’s war economy is starting to show strain. As Ukraine’s drones hit targets deep inside Russia, the Kremlin is scrambling to plug mounting fiscal gaps with VAT hikes, new excise taxes and ... Read More

Russia’s economy is hurting so bad that even Putin can’t outrun the crisis

Rising pressures Over the past year, the Central Bank of Russia implemented steep interest-rate hikes to combat accelerating inflation, pushing the key rate up to 21% before easing it to 16.5% in ... Read More

Cracks In Russia’s War Economy

After nearly four years of fiscal overreach caused by injecting trillions of rubles into the Russian economy, the Kremlin can no longer disguise its distress. Read More

Russia’s ‘disposable-goods’ war economy is getting busier but poorer, and Trump’s new sanctions could trigger a recession, analysts say

Vladimir Putin’s wartime economy has been resilient in the face of Western sanctions triggered by his invasion of Ukraine, but it’s hitting a wall and U.S. pressure on the energy sector could cause a ... Read More

Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy

Russia reacted with outrage Thursday after the United States sanctioned its two largest oil companies, the first economic punishments slapped on Moscow by President Donald Trump during his second term ... Read More

Russia Might Soon Run Out of Money for the Ukraine War

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s draft 2026–2028 budget signals mounting strain on war financing. Opposition economist Vladimir Milov flags seven straight years of >2% deficits and a 2025 shortfall ... Read More

Ukraine Hits Back at Russia’s Economy

After years of insulation from the effects of Vladimir Putin’s war, Russia’s economy is finally starting to take a hit. Political fortunes turn fast. One day in August, US president Donald Trump and ... Read More

$50 billion blow to Putin’s war chest — Western sanctions hammer Russia’s oil exports

Russia is expected to lose around $50 billion every year as new oil-related sanctions hit its energy sector. The impact comes just as one of its largest private oil companies, Lukoil, begins selling ... Read More

Vladimir Putin's popularity plummets as Russians turn on him over 'worsening' economy

Vladimir Putin is under increasing pressure as new data shows a growing number of Russians are voicing concerns over faltering economic activity. According to a report released yesterday by pollster ... Read More

New economic troubles hit Russia’s war-weary economy

When Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he likely did not consider that the war he was starting would last for years. That war has cost Moscow a lot of men and material ... Read More

US Imposes 'Substantial' Sanctions On Russian Oil Companies Over Putin's 'Refusal To End Senseless War'

The United States imposed what it called "major" sanctions on Russian oil companies on October 22, saying the action was "a result of Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the ... Read More

Putin Is Running Out of Time in Ukraine… Russia’s Strategy Is COLLAPSING

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was meant to be over in days—but four years later, Russia is trapped in a costly quagmire. In this video, we explore Nigel Gould-Davis’s analysis of why time is no ... Read More