A slowdown exposes the limits of the country’s wartime economy and suggests sanctions may finally be taking a toll.

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. At Russia’s annual ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The Russian banking sector, once buoyed by record profits and wartime stimulus, is now showing growing signs of financial strain, leading some to ask if a crisis is looming?

Since its illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has become the most sanctioned nation on Earth, and yet its economy has ...

Despite the resilience that Russia's economy has been projecting over the past few years, there are signs of a sharp slowdown ...

Russia is also facing a "food catastrophe" after grain harvests were reported to have fallen by 12.7 million tonnes in the ...

Russia's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index sank to 47.5 — its sharpest pace of contraction since March 2022, according ...

Housing and utility bills in some parts of Russia are expected to soar by up to 25% as the country's economic meltdown ...

A disruption to global oil flows could send prices higher. That would be good news for Russia, with oil being a key lifeline ...

Russia has faced economic turbulence caused by sanctions imposed after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that are aimed at choking Moscow's military machine. Strong GDP has been driven by high ...

Russia’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, with a credible risk of a systemic ...

Russia's decision to formally recognise the Taliban government has been seen as an opening for a stronger economy by some ...