At the same time, the IMF delivered a bleak update for Russia: the Russian economy is now projected to grow just 0.9% in 2025, a downgrade of 0.6 percentage points. In 2026, growth is forecast to ...

While investment-led growth may offer quick wins, it is efficiency, innovation, and institutional reform that will determine ...

The IMF now expects Russia's economy to grow 0.9% in 2025, down from the 1.5% it had projected in April.

Ukraine is managing to survive what could be Russia’s last chance at decisive victory if Donald Trump is serious about his ...

Last month, the U.S. leader had set a 50-day deadline for a truce before imposing so-called “secondary sanctions” on ...

The European Union plans to reduce a major package of financial support to Ukraine by €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) after Kyiv ...

By Luke Cooper, an associate professorial research fellow in international relations at LSE Ideas, the in-house ...

US President Donald Trump has said he will slash the 50-day deadline he gave for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire ...

Military production and defense spending are propping up Russia's economy and may shape its future long after the war in ...

The $1.7 billion reduction capped a tough week for President Volodymyr Zelensky as he deals with Ukraine’s governance issues.

Falling inflation has persuaded the central bank in Moscow to continue relaxing the country’s record borrowing costs.

Ukraine's National Bank held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 15.5% while revising down economic projections, citing ...