• February 8 2026
  Argus Media

  UK’s Argus lobbied Moscow over rules threatening its Russia business

  Price reporting agency urges finance ministry to amend law that will limit its ability to maintain ‘full-scope’ operations

  
• February 1 2026
  Russia struggles to shake reliance on foreign technology imports

  Moscow’s hope of hitting target for independence by 2030 is too optimistic, say analysts

  
• January 8 2026
  Free LunchMartin Sandbu

  Russia is running out of money

  Go behind the propaganda, and the intensifying strain is evident

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• December 23 2025
  Russia’s wage growth slows as wartime economy cools

  Salary increases for new hires drop compared with last year

  
• December 16 2025
  Oil

  Oil settles below $60 a barrel on hopes of Russia-Ukraine peace deal

  Brent crude falls to lowest level in almost five years

  
• November 27 2025
  War in Ukraine

  EU’s frozen-assets loan plan risks rattling markets, Euroclear warns

  Proposal for ‘reparations’ funding for Ukraine using immobilised Russian assets would be seen as ‘confiscation’

  
• November 24 2025
  Russian business & finance

  Chinese exporters charge Russia more for war supplies

  Price increases show that western restrictions are limiting Moscow’s capabilities, Bank of Finland research finds

  
• November 22 2025
  Kremlin plotted to blame unpopular tax rise on west to shield Putin

  Guidelines issued to state-controlled media said Russia’s president should not be personally linked to VAT rise

  
• November 16 2025
  Gazprom forges ahead with long-delayed China pipeline

  Russian energy giant draws up studies in sign it believes the project is back on track

  
• October 24 2025
  News in-depth

  US sanctions threaten major blow to Russian oil groups Rosneft and Lukoil

  Decision risks upending the industry by disrupting exports and forcing both companies to adapt

  
• October 13 2025
  Bill Browder

  To stop Putin’s war, punish refineries processing Russian oil

  Western sanctions will not be effective until the loophole for facilities in India, Turkey and China is closed

  
• September 24 2025
  Russia to raise value added tax rate to 22% as war weighs on economy

  Finance ministry says funds will be mainly used to cover the country’s spiralling defence and security spending

  
• September 23 2025
  War in Ukraine

  Russian fuel exports drop as Ukraine intensifies its strikes on oil refineries

  Kyiv accelerates drone campaign aimed at reducing Moscow’s ability to fund its war

  
• September 18 2025
  News in-depth

  Guns and butter: Russia chooses both

  Dairy industry insulated from slowing war economy thanks to subsidies and pause in investment by western rivals

  
• September 12 2025
  Russia’s central bank cuts rates further as economic pressure mounts

  Third cut since June lowers borrowing costs to 17% but reduction was less than expected by economists

  
• September 7 2025
  News in-depthWar in Ukraine

  Putin faces tough choices at home as strain on Russia’s war economy mounts

  Dwindling oil revenues and a widening deficit may force Moscow to cut some non-military spending in this month’s budget

  
• September 5 2025
  LexNatural gas

  A China-Russia sweetheart gas deal could upset US energy exporters

  Even without Power of Siberia 2, there was already a risk of superfluous LNG sloshing around the system

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• August 5 2025
  Russian business & finance

  Russia moves to contain concern over banks’ bad loan exposure

  Central bank governor insists ‘no need’ for recapitalisation of large lenders despite Moscow’s cooling war economy

  
• July 25 2025
  Russia’s central bank speeds up rate cuts as war economy cools

  Second reduction in two months lowers borrowing costs to 18%

  
• June 19 2025
  Russia on brink of recession, says economy minister

  Maxim Reshetnikov says persistent inflation and central bank’s hawkish policy contribute to slowdown

  
• June 17 2025
  Russian business & finance

  Russian court approves state seizure of Moscow’s second-largest airport

  Government wins ruling to expropriate Domodedovo airport in escalation of dozens of forced nationalisations

  
• June 12 2025
  Free LunchMartin Sandbu

  Sanctions on Russia are working

  It’s the right time to tighten the screws further

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• June 6 2025
  Russia’s central bank cuts interest rates for first time since 2022

  Move lowers borrowing costs to 20% and follows reduction in inflation

  
• May 28 2025
  News in-depth

  Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer

  Salary growth for new hires is slowing, according to a FT analysis, yet not enough to shift views on the war

  
• May 9 2025
  War in Ukraine

  UK hits key figures in Russian oil trade with sanctions

  Latest measures to increase economic pressure on Moscow target five Azerbaijani oil executives