1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (278+ words) According to The Moscow Times on August 3, analysts at Sberbank’s Center for Macroeconomic Research reached the conclusion after reviewing ten years of Federal Tax Service data. In previous years, most company closures involved inactive firms or legal entities removed during…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (555+ words) For years, the Moscow Exchange was the Kremlin’s best argument that sanctions had failed. Now it is becoming the strongest evidence that Russia’s wartime economy is beginning to fail. The Moscow Exchange Index has entered one of its steepest declines,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Eight major national projects intended to secure "technological leadership" and "sovereignty" for Russia faced severe spending cutbacks in 2025 as federal budget shortfalls and military demands escalated. The initiatives received only 201.9 billion rubles ($2.46 billion) out of the planned 324.4 billion rubles ($3.95 billion),…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (326+ words) Russia's fuel crisis is intensifying, with more than 150 gas stations put up for sale across the country over the past month, according to the Russian media outlet Izvestia on June 17. The listings include both standalone gas stations and facilities operated…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (445+ words) Five Russian regions have begun rationing gasoline by license plate as Ukraine’s sustained drone campaign against Russian refineries deepens the country’s fuel crisis. The measure was reported by the Russian outlet RBC on July 9. Meduza had detailed the mechanics a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Five NATO members are projected to exceed the alliance's new 3.5% defense-spending target as early as 2026, nearly a decade ahead of the 2035 deadline, according to updated NATO figures. The data was published on July 7, ahead of a leaders' summit in Ankara,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (334+ words) Food producers have begun warning supermarket chains in St. Petersburg that fuel shortages may delay deliveries, according to The Moscow Times on July 1. The outlet cited two retail-market sources who said that suppliers from the Volga region and southern Russia…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (162+ words) Could 2026 be the year the Russian war economy finally breaks? After years of defying sanctions and outperforming expectations, the costs of financing an economy built for war are becoming increasingly difficult to hide. For years, the Kremlin has used economic…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (450+ words) Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina announced on June 19 that pro-inflationary risks within the nation’s economy have significantly increased. The primary drivers behind this shifting economic landscape are soaring domestic fuel costs and a massive expansion of government spending, which…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (416+ words) Western sanctions, a slowing domestic economy, and high interest rates have plunged the Russian metallurgy sector into its deepest crisis since the 2000s, The Moscow Times reported on June 12, citing Russian state media. Steel production in the country fell to 67 million…...