Economy News Putin Runs The Russian Economy In The Same Heavy Handed Way He Navigates His Yacht, Researcher Says

Putin humiliated as Russians panic-buy gold amid ‘looming economic collapse'

Russians are buying up gold at record rates to protect their savings, as the country's economy reels from the impact of Western sanctions ... Read More

Putin Has a New Ukraine Problem: Russia’s War Economy Is in Big Trouble

After more than three years of war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is showing severe signs of strain. -Moscow reported a $51 billion budget deficit for the first eight months of 2025, and its central ... Read More

Putin dismisses impact of new U.S. sanctions on Russian economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Thursday that new U.S. sanctions would not affect the Russian economy, describing them as "an attempt to put pressure on Russia," according to state news agency ... Read More

EU joins US in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks

The EU measures especially target Russian oil and gas. They ban imports of Russian liquefied natural gas into the bloc, and add port bans on more than 100 new ships in the Russian shadow fleet of ... Read More

Kremlin rejects Trump's view that the Russian economy could collapse

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Wednesday pushed back at U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that the Russian economy was going to collapse, saying that Russia had considerable reserves and was ... Read More

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls

Cutting costs, firms aim to trim work days, not jobs Railway, construction, auto and mining sectors affected Move highlights pressure on Russia's war economy Non-military sectors shrank 5.4% since ... Read More

Experts on how to raise the cost of war for Russia: ‘Be cleverer’

Three and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a US-led peace process on ice and a stalemate on the battlefield, Kyiv’s allies are calling for renewed economic pressure on ... Read More

After Gaza, Ukraine is next on Trump’s list. But peace with Putin may prove even more elusive

Steve is going to get it done. That is – and has been – the hope of Ukraine and Europe for months. During US President Donald Trump’s ebullient speech to Israel’s Knesset, he made it clear that ... Read More

Putin to speak at Russian Energy Weeks’ plenary session

The Russian leader traditionally takes part in the forum, with his speech at the plenary session being the central event MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in ... Read More

Kremlin rejects Trump's view that the Russian economy could collapse

Trump said Russia's economy is near collapse US President said Russians queueing for gasoline Russia's Novak says domestic gasoline market is stable Kremlin says Russia's economy is strong enough ... Read More