Ahead of the Duma election, Putin estimates Russia’s growth at “up to 1%” and says inflation is under control. Economists such as Chris Weafer and Vasily Astrov, on the other hand, speak of stagnation.

This Friday, the Russian Central Bank is expected to pause its cycle of interest rate cuts for the first time since June 2025. Over the past 14 months, it has cut the key interest rate 10 times…

According to the International Monetary Fund’s database, the BRICS countries account for 48.9% of the world’s population and, in terms of purchasing power parity, 40.5% of the global economy, while the G7 accounts for 28.3%. At their…

The Russian Central Bank is keeping its key interest rate at 14%. Analysts now expect growth of only 0.5% for 2026—half as much as in 2025.

Today’s children practically grow up with smartphones. In a world increasingly shaped by digital technologies, the emerging Generation Alpha (born between 2010 and 2024), together with Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2009), which has already entered the workforce, is increasingly transforming the job market.

Economy Minister Reshetnikov raised the GDP forecast for 2026 from 0.4% to 0.6%. The consensus among analysts, however, fell to 0.5%.

Russia's super-rich are losing money in 2026: According to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, their total wealth has shrunk by about $21 billion since the beginning of the year. The index…

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the number of industrial robots in Russia grew by about 11% last year, to 21,857 units. However…

Russia's economy grew by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Following a 0.2% decline in the first quarter, growth remained steady over the first…

Since numerous foreign cosmetics companies withdrew from Russia in 2022, Russian manufacturers have been gaining an increasing share of the market. According to the National Consumer Protection Association, the market share was…

Russia's GDP grew by only 0.6% in the first half of 2026, while industrial production rose by 0.1% over seven months. BOFIT, PSB, and Raiffeisenbank see the outlook as gloomy—growth is now driven almost exclusively by war-related sectors.

In May 2026, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN nuclear research center near Geneva, made Albertus Magnus's dream a reality,…

Today, millions upon millions of people around the globe use AI models in their daily lives, while CEOs are exploring optimal AI-driven business models to cut costs and maximize profits. The transformation…

“Russia’s economic model has nearly reached its limits; the new cycle must be structured differently—and this must begin as early as 2027.” With these cautionary words, …

According to market research firm BusinessStat, Russia's restaurant market has doubled in revenue since 2021, reaching 4.29 bio rubles—equivalent to approximately 45 billion euros. No segment accounts for…