When the EU and US hit Russia with fresh sanctions in 2022, many analysts expected the country’s economy to crack. Instead, Russia has shown strong GDP growth, powered in large part by a massive boost ...

Russia spent years building a massive reserve of foreign currency to shield itself from economic shocks. But when the West ...

Russia has built a shadow network to help its businesses dodge Western sanctions, according to a new report that shines a ...

One major vulnerability for Russia heading into the Alaska summit is its faltering economy. While analysts say that a ...

With Russia's economy strained by sanctions and weak oil, investors are betting on a breakthrough deal.

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and other neighbors is transforming the Black Sea into Eurasia’s strategic frontier.

In particular, cutting off the “shadow fleet” of tankers that deliver Russia’s oil under the radar would send the war economy ...

The Russian economy was slowing even before President Trump’s latest threats. But the Kremlin has enough money to keep ...

Military production and defense spending are propping up Russia's economy and may shape its future long after the war in ...

The economy shrank 2.1% last year, Russia’s statistics agency said. The International Monetary Fund predicts 0.3% growth this year — not great, but hardly disastrous.

Russian Economy Contracts Sharply as War and Sanctions Take Hold The country’s gross domestic product from April through June declined 4 percent from a year earlier, new government data shows.

This is an audio transcript of The Economics Show podcast episode: ‘Why Russia’s wartime economy is starting to crack. With Elina Ribakova’ Sam Fleming Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been ...