Watch how Putin’s war pay is changing everyday life in remote Russian cities.

Stephen Silver reports on the money problems piling up in Moscow: a finance minister warning of missed payments, deep cuts everywhere except the war budget, depositors pulling cash from banks, and a ...

The ruble has jumped nearly 40% against the U.S. dollar this year, making it the best-performing currency in the world so far in 2025, according to Bank of America. On Tuesday, the Central Bank of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's defense spending has hit record highs, but it's struggling with military modernization. Sanctions and war demands are ...

Crude oil futures have jumped over 40% since the Iran war started. The US has also temporarily eased some sanctions pressure ...

In early October, the Russian government released the full draft of its 2026–2028 federal budget, outlining President Vladimir Putin's key policy priorities for the coming years. In his report for the ...

When Russian armored columns rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow’s confidence was so high, troops packed ceremonial parade kits instead of combat supplies. Instead, Ukrainian units picked ...

Russia's oil producers have cut drilling to the lowest level in three years, denting prospects for output growth this year as tougher western sanctions and a strong rouble squeeze revenues. Details: ...

Despite Western sanctions and domestic crackdowns on Kyrgyzstan's traditional banking sector, Russian entities are increasingly using ruble-linked cryptocurrency, particularly A7A5 on exchanges like ...

Thus far, the UK has provided Ukraine with a $3 billion (£2.26 billion) loan through the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration fund—using the interest from confiscated Russian assets. In the past 50 days ...

Meanwhile, the space race goes on. China has more than 500 satellites in orbit, compared with 200 for Russia and thousands for America. Russia has only 110 military satellites in orbit, some of them ...