The Kremlin has increased consumer taxes and fees to fill state coffers, squeezing small businesses and households.

Russia's economy has slowed after two years of robust growth fueled by the war in Ukraine. That's opening a hole in the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a boat trip with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko off the Black Sea coast, Russia May 29, 2021Sputnik/Sergei Ilyin/Kremlin via REUTERS ...

President Putin now faces his own economic crisis, that could be severe as the one Russians lived through in the 1990s.

For Russia, Kazakhstan is also one of the largest trading partners in the CIS and the Eurasian region as a whole, the Russian leader added ...

The military tensions in the Caribbean have evolved beyond a mere political standoff between Washington and Caracas.

"Today, GDP is already higher than it was before the Western sanctions attack," he said. He said the Russian economy is expected to grow 3.5% this year, after shrinking by 2.1% in 2022. Vladimir Putin ...

08:02, Tue, Oct 28, 2025 Updated: 09:21, Tue, Oct 28, 2025 Vladimir Putin is facing mounting pressure as new data reveals that more Russians are complaining of floundering economic activity. Pollster ...

Putin is repeating a Soviet-era mistake, which is ruining Russia's economy, Poland's foreign minister said. Speaking at Davos, Radoslaw Sikorski said Putin was overspending on the military and ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday he has secured Israel's pledge to safeguard Russian personnel at Iran's Russia-built nuclear power plant and that he has reached out ...

That's according to a former Russia central bank advisor, who said the nation's economy is in a precarious position. Military spending is also set to exceed social spending for the first time ever in ...

After two years of robust growth fuelled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia's economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up and defence spending has levelled off.