2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1311+ words) For one woman from Moscow, shopping for groceries these days has become something of a competition. Amid a wider rise in grocery prices, she has started doing her shopping later in the evenings, when shops put discount stickers on meat…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (529+ words) Investment growth in Russia has stalled, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told senators Tuesday, signaling an end to several years of rapid expansion fueled by state spending and import substitution. Investment rose just 0.5% in the first nine months of 2025, Novak…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (468+ words) Russia's economy has reached the limits of wage growth, according to Dmitry Belousov, deputy head of the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF), a research institute close to the government. CMASF forecasts that real wages adjusted for inflation…...

2+ week, 35+ min ago   (711+ words) Over nearly four years of war, the Russian business community has been on a journey from the panic of 2022 through the euphoria of 2023 and early 2024, to a growing pessimism that has crystallized into a demand for state support." Nobody is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (381+ words) Russian businesses are hiking prices in response to new tax increases that took effect this month, the head of Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry told the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia on Tuesday. Authorities raised the value-added tax (VAT) rate from…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (187+ words) The International Monetary Fund on Monday lowered its forecast for Russia's economic growth to 0.8% in 2026 as it raised the global outlook to 3.3%. Previously, the IMF forecast Russia's 2026 GDP growth at 1% before cutting it by 0.2% in the latest World Economic Outlook…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Russian annual inflation fell sharply in 2025, data from the state statistics agency showed on Friday, as Central Bank efforts to tame price growth appeared to bear fruit. The Central Bank kept interest rates close to 20% for almost two years as…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (809+ words) People generally have little faith in statistics and the overwhelming majority of Russians are convinced that Rosstat deliberately understates inflation. When asked not about their trust in statistics but about how they personally feel price growth (hereafter, "observed inflation), Russian…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (869+ words) With Western sanctions tightening and military demands on the budget due to the war in Ukraine showing little sign of easing, Russia is likely to slide from a phase of "managed cooling" into outright stagnation in 2026, with any meaningful recovery…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1292+ words) Because of my work, I am obliged to read closely, watch attentively and listen carefully whenever Russian politicians and officials talk about the economy. Lately, after working my way through the government's budget forecast stretching all the way to 2042, listening…...