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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The United States still has strong influence over Russia’s economy and its capacity to keep fighting in Ukraine, but ...

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

Russia's war machine has become such an integral part of its economic engine that its military industry is likely to keep expanding even after the fighting in Ukraine ends, according to a report ...

LONDON (Reuters) -World markets are watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in ...

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

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 ...