A new report suggests that Russia’s economic strength is “misleading” as the country, under heavy Western financial sanctions ...

New figures show that Russia's foreign trade surplus decreased by 15.9% in the first four months of 2025 compared to the same ...

The 1998 crisis worsened the situation, as a global recession and falling commodity prices led to fiscal imbalances and ...

It comes as businesses and consumers across Russia grapple with the effects of spiralling inflation and high interest rates.

In monthly terms, this means consumer prices increased by 0.4%, going by figures from the Federal Statistics Service. Reports ...

Russia faces a crisis whether it continues the war or not, economist Alexander Mertens says. He pointed to signs of economic distress like high inflation and interest rates. War spending has been ...

A leading economist has been telling EU finance ministers that Russia’s economy is under growing strain as its invasion of ...

ANDREI YAKOVLEV is an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Visiting Research ...

Putin’s predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, had become a walking punch line.​​ Russia was still reeling from the humiliation of ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Russia said its businesses would invest more than $1 billion in long-time political ally Cuba by 2030, Cuba's presidency said on Thursday, promising a lifeline for the communist-run ...