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Revenues from the sale of oil and petroleum products have traditionally financed not only social programmes but also the large-scale military-industrial complex. Therefore, the fuel problems we see in this country today are, without exaggeration, critical for Russia.//

The escalation currently gaining momentum on the part of the Kremlin, is both an attempt to scare Europe away from the intentions on which a consensus has finally been reached in leading European capitals, and an attempt to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to provide better assistance than is currently available...

A year ago, Russian regions had budget surpluses. Soon, the situation has changed dramatically. The need to spend huge amounts of money on recruiting soldiers for the army and economic problems caused by the war have dealt a double strike to Russian regions...

The world is drowning in oil. Oil supply is increasing, while demand remains weak. OPEC+ countries are trying to regain lost market share, while non-cartel countries such as the United States, Canada, Brazil and Guyana continue to increase production...

In 2025, Belarus finds itself at a crossroads of geopolitical isolation, strict sanctions and deep dependence on Russia. To accurately assess the state of the Belarusian economy, let us look at some recent statistics...

Currently, we can see that the traditional problems of the Russian economy in the coal industry, railways and local budgets have been joined by new crisis areas: metallurgy, the agricultural sector, and the crisis in real estate and foreign investment has finally been confirmed...

The Scandinavian and Baltic countries have been promoting the idea of a blockade of Mocovia's shadow fleet since at least the end of 2024. The northern countries are taking gradual steps to achieve this goal, as if slowly tightening the noose around the neck of the Russian shadow fleet...

Recent economic overviews suggest that the Moscow economy will face a large-scale crisis at the end of 2025 if the current pace continues, but is this really the case?