The Russian economy is stuck in what might be described as negative equilibrium: holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity. Export revenues are falling, and economic ...

Four years after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s economy has entered a “death zone,” said Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. In a recent ...

MOSCOW — Russia is slipping backward at a speed few thought possible, and the signs of economic collapse are becoming impossible to ignore. A country that once dictated global energy markets is now ...

By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, March 2 (Reuters) - A protracted crisis in Russia's rail industry - driven by the slowing economy, sanctions and global market pressures - deepened in February, adding strain ...

Russia's economy grew by one percent in 2025, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, marking a much slower expansion compared to the 2024 figure as it stutters under the burden of the Ukraine war.

Russia's central bank Friday lowered its key interest rate for a sixth consecutive meeting of its policymakers, but continues to restrain a slowing economy as President Vladimir Putin's costly war on ...