This is an audio transcript of The Economics Show podcast episode: ‘Why Russia’s wartime economy is starting to crack. With Elina Ribakova’ Sam Fleming Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been ...

World markets are watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska later on Friday ...

Military production and defense spending are propping up Russia's economy and may shape its future long after the war in ...

Russia's GDP grew 1.4% in the first quarter of the year from a year ago, according to Rosstat, the country's official statistics service. This is a sharp slowdown from the 4.5% growth it posted in ...

In Q1 2025, Russia's economy expanded 1.4 percent year-on-year, its slowest pace in two years and the World Bank forecasts further sluggish growth amid assessments of underlying productivity ...