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 ...

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 ...

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

The world is closely watching today’s China–EU summit in Beijing. Could US President Trump’s unorthodox approach to ...

New poll shows voters disapprove of Trump's budget legislation while his job approval holds at 46%, with Americans divided on foreign policy and reporting less inflation hardship ...

Oil prices settled slightly lower on Monday as the latest European sanctions on Russian oil were expected to have minimal ...