1+ week, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's budget deficit, which grew by 40% in the first half of this year to reach 2.8% of GDP, poses no "critical" risk for the economy and remains manageable. "Considering that we have one of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (524+ words) Russia’s economy returned to growth in the second quarter after contracting for the first time since 2023 at the start of the year, official data showed on Wednesday, outperforming government and Central Bank forecasts. Gross domestic product grew 1.3% in April-June despite…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (901+ words) As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, Russia continues to maintain commercial ties with the European Union despite mounting pressure to close the remaining gaps in the bloc’s sanctions regime. Russia exported goods worth 7.7 billion euros ($9.0 billion) to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (236+ words) Ukrainian drone attacks across the southwestern Belgorod region killed three people and injured several others, regional authorities said Tuesday. One man died in an attack on a commercial site in the village of Novosadovyi near the city of Belgorod. A…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (287+ words) In the first months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia took pride in the high quality of its propaganda. Even its enemies and various analysts were forced to acknowledge that this was one of the few high-quality products the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (528+ words) Ukrainian attacks in and around the Sea of Azov have sharply reduced Russia's grain exports at the start of the new agricultural season, leaving millions of tons of grain stranded in southern storage facilities, analysts and industry officials said. Russian…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (756+ words) Russia's fuel crisis is fueling concerns that the country's economy is slipping into stagflation, as accelerating inflation coincides with slowing growth and policymakers face increasingly difficult tradeoffs over interest rates and fiscal policy. The disruption, triggered by the loss of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (554+ words) Russian military bloggers praised the dismissal of Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who has been credited with cutting bureaucracy and boosting drone warfare against Russia, saying the shake-up would only benefit Moscow’s war effort. Fedorov, 35, was dismissed Thursday after being…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (276+ words) Authorities in Siberia’s Kemerovo region placed entry restrictions on trucks on Wednesday due to security concerns, following Ukrainian drone strikes that reportedly halted operations at Russia’s largest oil refinery this week. Citing the threat of “potential drone attacks,” Kemerovo region…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (231+ words) Overnight Ukrainian attacks on Crimea knocked out power across the entire annexed peninsula, local energy authorities said Monday morning, as a separate strike on Russia’s Belgorod region killed at least one person. Krymenergo, the state-owned energy provider in Crimea, told…...