ECONOMICSThe curse of the printing press: How dictators and populists seize control of central banks, and why it always ends badlyVBVadim Belkin25 February 2026
ECONOMICSDivergent trends: Why a growing economy can still leave many people poorerTatiana Rybakova18 February 2026
ECONOMICSRussia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reservesThe Insider 13 February 2026
ECONOMICSLive for today: Trump’s politicization of economic policy poses a threat to longer-term stability AAlex Kreyn26 January 2026
ECONOMICSA quiet revolution: The world’s turn toward green energy is irreversibleTatiana Lanshina20 January 2026
ECONOMICSCatch your fish and eat it too: Inside Kamchatka’s poaching empireSSergei Beshimov15 January 2026
ECONOMICSOn thinning ice: After almost four years of war, Russia’s central bankers are running out of tricks to keep the economy afloatVBVadim Belkin6 January 2026
ECONOMICSDressed for disaster: Russian fashion retail collapses despite losing Western competitionAAnastasia Ulyanova25 December 2025
ECONOMICSPaying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in UkraineBerta Shapiro5 December 2025
ECONOMICS“Midas” vs. Mindich: How Ukraine’s NABU executed the biggest anti-corruption operation in its history — and why the EU is getting involvedEMElizaveta Mironova28 November 2025
ECONOMICSFrozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisisEMElizaveta Mironova17 November 2025
ECONOMICSThe wheels are coming off: Russia’s rail freight collapse exposes a deeper industrial crisisVBVadim Belkin6 November 2025
ECONOMICSThe far-wrong: European populists are gaining support by moderating their economic agendaAAlex Eisenkot22 October 2025
ECONOMICSBack to the 1990s: Russians are being forced to choose between overpriced foreign cars and locally assembled scrap metalAAlex Eisenkot15 October 2025
ECONOMICSBudget of mass destruction: VAT hike signals Russia’s course toward prolonged war and economic declineVBVadim Belkin7 October 2025
ECONOMICSCrisis-life balance: Russia’s struggling companies are shortening the workweekTatiana Rybakova1 October 2025
ECONOMICSBullets over bread: Russia’s economy is growing dangerously reliant on military contractsAAlex Eisenkot30 September 2025
ECONOMICSTug of war profiteers: Russia’s military industry is decimating the country’s civilian workforceDKDmitry Kozmin23 September 2025
ECONOMICSRussia goes retro: New car sales in the country continue to fallVakhtang Partsvania13 September 2025
ECONOMICSA final countdown: At the current rate, the Kremlin will exhaust its financial reserves within a yearVBVadim Belkin8 September 2025
ECONOMICSRobots and migrants: Research shows no evidence for the claim that immigration drags down local incomes or holds back innovationAAlexander Finiarel29 August 2025
ECONOMICSTax and bomb: Russia tightens the squeeze on its citizens to keep financing the war in UkraineTatiana Rybakova25 August 2025
ECONOMICSIn the soup: Despite record inflation, the cost of living in Moscow remains comparatively lowAAlex Eisenkot21 August 2025
ECONOMICSXi’s dilemma: Trump’s threatened tariffs would give China a choice between a Russian recession and a global oneVBVadim Belkin10 August 2025
ECONOMICSBargaining, acceptance, recession: Why it's getting harder to deny Russia's economic downturnVBVadim Belkin6 August 2025
ECONOMICSDying embers: Russia’s coal crisis triggers bankruptcies and mass layoffs Tatiana Rybakova30 July 2025
ECONOMICSSlow but steady: Warren Buffett became the world’s wealthiest investor while ignoring the American economy’s most profitable trendsAAlex Eisenkot24 June 2025
ECONOMICSTwo sides of the same ruble: The Russian currency’s recent strength isn’t likely to last — and it’s already hurting the country’s economyTatiana Rybakova23 June 2025
ECONOMICSFeast and famine: Russian banks book record profits amid coal mining collapse and wage arrears in construction sectorVBVadim Belkin9 June 2025
ECONOMICSTV vs. Refrigerator: Officials claim inflation in Russia is under control, but staple food prices tell a different storyTatiana Rybakova6 June 2025
ECONOMICSSafe haven to sinking ship: Mortgage subsidy cuts spark housing market slump in RussiaTatiana Rybakova22 May 2025
ECONOMICSAll work and low pay: Inside Russia's labor-starved military economyTatiana Rybakova15 May 2025
ECONOMICSThe golden billionaires: Inside Russia's fierce economic competition for limited wartime resourcesVBVadim Belkin2 May 2025
ECONOMICSMine over matter: Russia’s coal industry is collapsing — and no one is ready for itTatiana Lanshina30 April 2025