Russian economy set to plummet to record lows in devastating hammer blow to Putin

That year, it will hit 2.908 percent, figures show. By 2026, its GDP share will reach a predicted 2.855 percent, dropping slightly year-by-year.And by 2029, Russia's share of global GDP will plunge to ... Read More

Russia's Economy on Course to Hit Historic Low

Russia's share of global GDP is set to decline between now and the end of the decade, the International Monetary Fund has said. Read More

Iran's economy is a total mess after decades of sanctions — and offers a warning to Putin's Russia

Decades of Western sanctions have driven up inflation, government debt, and poverty rates in Iran. Russia could meet the same fate under Putin. Read More

The Russian economy is doing great

THE public accounts from the Russia they should be dead according to many European economists, yet the reality of the facts is different. Even the Corriere della Sera, with an article by Federico ... Read More

As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia

The inauguration comes two days before Victory Day, Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Soviet Red Army's capture of Berlin in World War II. Read More

Vladimir Putin's allies abandoning Russia's tanking economy amid US sanctions

Russia's longtime allies are finally abandoning them as the US tightens its grip on Vladimir Putin's country ... to keep their economy afloat during the war as they try to get around stringent ... Read More

China's Economic Gambit Could Nuke Putin's Dollar Ploy

A depreciation of the yuan could undermine its appeal relative to the greenback, whose prominence Russia wants to overhaul. Read More

Russia will grow faster than the US and all other advanced economies this year, the IMF says

Growth at that level would back up Vladimir Putin's claims that Russia's economy has withstood the most dire effects of Western sanctions and trade restrictions. Meanwhile, as foreign companies ... Read More

Do Russians Believe Putin’s Propaganda?

The Ukrainians I met thought the propaganda predictable—of course Putin would push these conspiracy ... data scientists fused Russian economic, social, and online discursive data. Read More

Good Economy, Negative Vibes: The Story Continues

not just to help Biden get re-elected, but because economic success vindicates the progressive vision. I’d argue that Biden deserves some credit for the good news, but the more important point ... 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 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

ECONOMIC POLICY

Maryland will have federal money in a matter of days to pay for the Key Bridge recovery and rebuilding mission, but longer-term funding could take months. Americans have fought over how much to ... Read More