Economy News The War In Ukraine Is Straining Russia’s Economy And Society

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 Faces Labor Shortage As Russia's War Empties Factories And Farms

Ukraine’s need to get people to the front to fight the Russian invasion is also creating a manpower problem in the rear, with labor shortages hitting many industries and some towns virtually empty of ... Read More

Cracks In Russia’s War Economy

After nearly four years of fiscal overreach caused by injecting trillions of rubles into the Russian economy, the Kremlin can no longer disguise its distress. Read More

Russian lawmakers approve tax hike bill to boost economy as the war with Ukraine nears 4 years

Russian lawmakers have endorsed new tax hikes as Moscow tries to boost its economy during its almost four-year war with Ukraine. Read More

How fallout of the Ukraine–Russia war rippled through Bangladesh’s economy

The war in Eastern Europe might be thousands of kilometres away. Nevertheless, Bangladesh too has suffered its consequences ... Read More

Exclusive-Russia's Industrial Titans Furlough Workers as Its War Economy Stalls

MOSCOW (Reuters) -From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war ... Read More

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

After two years of robust growth fueled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up and defense spending has leveled off. Read More

Monday, November 24. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

The world’s attention was fixed on talks between Ukraine and the U.S. in neutral Geneva over the weekend. Delegations from both countries have redrafted conditions of an earlier peace plan, which ... Read More

How Ukraine's European allies fuel Russia's war economy

Several EU nations see Russian energy imports rise in 2025 They include France, Netherlands, Romania and Portugal Europe is still financing both sides in war - to fury of Trump Military aid to Kyiv ... Read More

Ukraine Hits Back at Russia’s Economy

After years of insulation from the effects of Vladimir Putin’s war, Russia’s economy is finally starting to take a hit. Political fortunes turn fast. One day in August, US president Donald Trump and ... Read More

Ukraine and Russia’s intensifying energy war brings gas shortages and economic pain

Almost 900 miles from Ukraine’s borders, a fire erupted at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday. The blaze – a result of a strike by Ukrainian long-range drones, according to sources in the country’s ... Read More

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

MOSCOW (Reuters) -From railways and automobiles to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war ... Read More