Russia economy

Russia economy

A security guard watches from the Kremlin's tower in Moscow, Russia on 26 August, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Putin envoy warns of Russian economy going 'berserk' on war footing

Putin envoy Boris Titov has warned that pushing Russia’s economy entirely toward the war effort risks sending it “berserk”, highlighting growing concern among Kremlin technocrats over economic strain.

A worker controls forming of aluminium ingots on a conveyor belt at the foundry shop of the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter in Krasnoyarsk, Russia October 3, 2018. Photo :Reuters

Russian factory activity grows at fastest pace in over six years in Sept

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Russia stands by 2% of GDP budget deficit plan after huge Jan shortfall

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Russian banking profits could exceed 1 trillion roubles in 2023, says c.bank

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 20, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia may hike taxes as military spending, oil price weigh on budget

Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin delivers a speech during a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia April 7, 2022. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Pool via REUTERS

Russia's PM sees budget deficit at 2% of GDP in 2023

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Russian equities brace for selling pressure as fraction of foreign investors return

Russian Rouble banknote is placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Russia doing better than expected despite sanctions: IMF

Russian parliament. File Photo: Reuters

Russian parliament passes first vote on war economy measures

Russian Rouble banknote is placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

The Bolsheviks to Putin: A history of Russian defaults

The clock on Spasskaya tower showing the time at noon, is pictured next to Moscow?s Kremlin, and St. Basil?s Cathedral, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia pitches into first major external bond default in century

Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in the Siberian town of Tara in the Omsk region, Russia, December 14, 2021. Picture taken December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

Russian consumer prices decline for third week running

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin says no Iron Curtain will close off Russia's economy