By Ben Aris in Berlin When I first met Kirill Dmitriev he was one of the bright young things of the Russian business ...

Across Africa, 38% of youth engage in online betting according to GeoPoll’s 2023 study, but in Zimbabwe — where the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports 90% survive on informal trade — Aviator is ...

Russia will be "reintegrated" into the world economy and the European energy system once a peace deal is achieved and the war ...

Lower oil prices, budget constraints and a rise in bad corporate debt are among the top economic risks facing Russia, ...

The latest bout of inflation is the product of both external and internal factors. In recent months, as the West has ...

The rate of growth for Russia’s military spending outpaced all other European countries combined in 2024 as its invasion of ...

Hegseth seems to have given up two main points to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including a key piece of leverage in ...

Russia appears to be "addicted" to military spending to keep its economy propped up, a think tank said this week.

Russian banks last year hit a record net profit of 3.8 trillion rubles (some $41 billion). A report from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on Thursday said the corporate loan portfolio of ...

Car dealerships in Russia are closing in their hundreds as the country's economic crisis continues to deepen. Late last year, the Russian Central Bank raised interest rates to a record high of 21% ...

Meanwhile, the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported that inflation in Russia on January 21-27 reached 0.22%. A week earlier, from January 14 to 20, 2025, inflation was 0.25% and since ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...