After the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991, Russia’s transition to a market economy plunged millions into poverty. The ...

Russia's economy will not recover anytime soon from sweeping sanctions imposed by Western nations over its war in Ukraine, ...

"Putin will try, of course, as much as he can, to finance the war indefinitely, taking money from the civilian economy and ...

To sustain its war against Ukraine, Russia militarized its economy. Although—contrary to popular belief abroad—the Russian economy is not on a full wartime footing, the Kremlin has both splurged on ...

On October 15, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa with a firm handshake in the Grand ...