Putin Increasingly Worried About Russian Economy: ISW

During his address, the Russian president boasted of an unemployment rate of 2.3 percent although the ISW said the Russian president "failed to note" record low joblessness was because many are ... Read More

Putin's War Effort Strains Russian Economy

Russia's newly approved budget reveals a record-high allocation for defense spending, signaling an intensified commitment to the ongoing war in Ukraine despite growing economic concerns. Read More

Ending Putin's Ukraine War Is 'Straightforward' for Trump: Nobel Laureate

Economist Simon Johnson said that Donald Trump could make changes "on his first day in office" that would leave Vladimir Putin with no option but to withdraw. Read More

Nabiullina vs. Stagflation: Can Putin's Top Technocrat Save the Russian Economy Once Again?

Elvira Nabiullina, the head of Russia's Central Bank, has long been the epitome of the technocratic facade of Vladimir Putin's rule. In her post since 2013, she has been credited with ensuring ... Read More

Russia’s war economy is on its last legs, but peace may be even worse for Vladimir Putin, experts say

"Russia cannot continue waging the current war beyond late 2025, when it will begin running out of key weapons systems." ... Read More

The Russian economy can’t sustain Putin’s war on Ukraine much longer, expert says

Russia's economy ... Putin to stop waging war on Ukraine as early as next year, according to economist and author Anders Åslund. In a recent op-ed on Project Syndicate, he cited financial ... Read More

Putin's Economy Suffers Another Blow

Chinese credit institutions do not want to go into business with Russian banks under sanction, Russian newspaper "Izvestia" reported. Read More

Russia says its economy did better than expected, one year into the Ukraine war. But experts say there's a red flag behind the announcement.

In his state of the nation speech, Putin went on to tout the resilience of Russia's economy amid the sanctions ... according a Financial Times January 29 report."The lack of publicly available ... Read More

Putin called an additional 300,000 men into the military a month ago, and it's taking a toll on the economy

Even after multiple rounds of sweeping sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin's economic regime had seemed to be holding up, thanks to firm energy prices. Read More

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 is completely ... no matter the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Even if Russia wins, the nation can't afford to rebuild and secure Ukraine, due to the financial costs as well ... Read More