BERLIN, March 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Over the last three years, President Vladimir Putin has often bragged, opens new tab that Russia’s economy has defied the dire forecasts made after his ...

Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country reported 4.75% unemployment in 2021, with levels hitting a record 2.4% low in early 2025, according to state-reported data.

Russia's economy, buoyed for months by wartime spending, may now be teetering toward recession, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov said on Thursday ...

After three years of doom-defying growth, Russia's heavily militarised economy is slowing, facing a widening budget deficit and weak oil prices, all under the threat of more Western sanctions.

Russia's central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to 20 percent -- down from a two-decade high of 21 percent -- as the economy slows and officials say ...

Putin Has Retooled Russia’s Economy to Focus Only on War. Moscow expands military recruitment and boosts weapons production, and peace could jeopardize economic gains. Share. Resize.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country's economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia’s economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country’s economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

Russia's central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to 20 percent -- down from a two-decade high of 21 percent -- as the economy slows and officials say ... Russia's economy has been marked by ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country's economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — (AP) — Russia's economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country's economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov says the country is on the brink of a recession. Reshetnikov delivered the warning Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an annual ...