Russia’s economy has gone through cycles of boom and bust, from its Soviet-era strength to modern-day struggles under sanctions and structural weaknesses. While it remains a global power in energy and ...

The 1998 crisis worsened the situation, as a global recession and falling commodity prices led to fiscal imbalances and ...

In monthly terms, this means consumer prices increased by 0.4%, going by figures from the Federal Statistics Service. Reports ...

It comes as businesses and consumers across Russia grapple with the effects of spiralling inflation and high interest rates.

A leading economist has been telling EU finance ministers that Russia’s economy is under growing strain as its invasion of ...

ANDREI YAKOVLEV is an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Visiting Research ...

The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s push for normalizing relations with the United States appears in limbo.

While Russia seems reluctant to pursue peace now, increasing economic and military pressures at home — ranging from supplies of military hardware and recruitment of soldiers, to sanctions on ...

Venezuela’s economic crisis is worsening, with inflation expected to reach nearly 200% in 2025 Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic ...

Russia is included in the zone of strategic interests of the United States, just as the United States entered the zone of ...