The Warning Signs for Russia’s Economy Are Flashing Red

A slowdown exposes the limits of the country’s wartime economy and suggests sanctions may finally be taking a toll. Read More

Russia's War Economy Is Heading To Recession. It Probably Won't Slow Down The War.

Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine more than 40 months ago. What it means for the ... Read More

Russia's Officials Keep Contradicting Putin on War Economy

Russia has faced economic turbulence caused by sanctions imposed after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that are aimed at choking Moscow's military machine. Strong GDP has been driven by high ... Read More

Russian Banks Fear Debt Crisis Is Coming as War Strains Economy

Russia’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, with a credible risk of a systemic banking crisis in the next 12 months, according to Russian banking officials. Read More

Is Russia’s economy too fragile to sustain its war efforts? - MSN

Ukraine’s economy, though battered by war, is proving more adaptable than Russia’s. The National Bank of Ukraine forecasts GDP growth of 4% in 2024 and 4.3% in 2025, rebounding from a sharp 30 ... Read More

Russia’s War Economy Is Finally Catching Up With Its Banks

Four years into its Ukraine invasion, the Kremlin’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, Russian banking officials told us. The probability of a systemic ... Read More

Putin reportedly concerned over Russia's economy ahead of possible Trump tariffs - Fox News

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly worried about the state of the country's economy amid threat of tariffs from the U.S. as President Donald Trump returns to Washington. Read More

How Russia's economy grows despite thousands of Ukraine war sanctions | 60 Minutes - CBS News

Russia's economy is predicted to grow over 3% this year, more than the U.S. and Europe, despite being subjected to Western sanctions for more than two years. Read More

Russia’s economy is stagnating – but that won’t force it to end the war - The Conversation

It is these developments that have prompted claims that Russia’s economy is heading for disaster. But Russia has had high interest rates before: 19% in 1998 and 13.1% in 2009, and inflation fell ... Read More

How Russia's weakening economy could impact the war with Ukraine

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Alexandra Prokopenko, of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about weakness in the Russian economy and what that might mean for the country's war in Ukraine. Read More

In Russia's War Economy, The Warning Lights Are Blinking

Russia’s economy has been going gangbusters for more than two years now as the government floods the country with funds to wage war on Ukraine. Now the warning lights are blinking, experts say. Read More

Russia’s war economy is a house of cards - Financial Times

The reality is that the financial underpinnings of Russia’s war economy increasingly look like a house of cards — so much so that senior members of the governing elite are publicly expressing ... Read More