During his December 2025 year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russia's economic slowdown, ...

The new reality has forced the Kremlin to raise taxes and increase debt, and hovers over peace talks with Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russia's public deficit could balloon to almost triple the official target by end-2026 as a fall in ...

Russia's economy grew by one percent in 2025, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, marking a much slower expansion ...

Russia’s economy is slowing sharply, with the highest interest rates in two decades driving up debt levels as the world’s ...

Russia has sold 71% of National Wealth Fund gold reserves to finance war. Budget deficit balloons 5x as oil revenue drops 22% ...

New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking ...

He cited the data of a survey, conducted by Levada Center, (officially the Yuri Levada Analytical Center) - a Russian independent, non-governmental research organization specializing in sociology and ...

Vladimir Putin has ordered a "significant increase" in tax collection.

Russian oil and gas revenue fell by a fifth in 2025 to their lowest point in five years. But while Western sanctions have no doubt played a role, experts remain unconvinced that Moscow's growing ...

President Donald Trump made a bargain with India this week that introduced a simple calculus.

Even as President Donald Trump insists Russia has the upper hand in its war against Ukraine, economists say the country’s position is weaker than ever because the Kremlin has burned through most of ...