Economy News Vladimir Putin’s War In Ukraine Has Cost Russia’s Economy 5 Of Growth, U S Treasury Says

What Could Make Russia Want Peace?

Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war. Read More

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

Ukraine's Oil Strikes Are Hurting Russia's War Economy

Ukraine's expanding long-range and swarm-drone campaign has already disabled 10% of Russia's oil refining capacity, cutting fuel supplies and export revenues while pressuring the core of the Kremlin's ... Read More

A slowing wartime economy pushes the Kremlin to tap consumers for revenue

Russia's economy has slowed after two years of robust growth fueled by the war in Ukraine. That's opening a hole in the Kremlin's budget, and President Vladimir Putin is looking for money to cover ... Read More

Could U.S. Sanctions Finally Cripple Russia’s War Economy?

The U.S., EU, and U.K. imposed sweeping sanctions on Rosneft, LUKoil, and Gazpromneft to target Moscow’s oil revenues. Analysts say the short-term effects will be limited as Russia shifts exports to ... Read More

Giving In to Putin Would Give Up More Than Ukraine

Corruption has always been what’s wrong with Ukraine. The investigation, and the legal and political accountability that have gone with it, is what’s right. A nation that can investigate its leaders ... Read More

Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Russia is not winning in Ukraine

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claims that victory in Ukraine is inevitable, and rejects any peace deal that doesn’t give him total control of the eastern part of the country, the Donbas. Don’t ... Read More

Putin deplores US sanctions as ‘unfriendly’ while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry ... Read More

Ukraine War Latest: Putin Gives Update on ‘Basis’ for Peace Deal, Russia Praises Trump ‘Realism’

A Putin ally has called for more detail in Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. Follow Newsweek's live coverage of the war. Read More

Hitting Putin Where It Hurts

Following Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, and inspired by the innovation demonstrated on Ukraine’s front lines, European nations are confronting the threat with a ‘Drone Wall,’ drone vs. Read More