Russia's war with Ukraine has its economy facing 'death by a thousand cuts,' economist says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin joins his hands as he holds a meeting of the Russia — Land of Opportunity platform supervisory board at the Catherine's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow on April 20, 2022.

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Russia has managed to skirt many of the West's sanctions, but they still come at a cost to Putin: economist

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia's economic decline is in only in the early stages, and the country is masking significant 'degradation,' think tank says

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Russia is losing a huge amount of human capital as war drags on, one think-tank chair warns.

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Russia's war spending and labor exodus are bringing back a Soviet Union economy, IMF official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia's wartime economy is flush with resources and is weathering Western sanctions, European economist says

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Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine is boosting Russia's economy, IMF says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on February 15, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia's war in Ukraine has sent wages soaring as workers grow scarce and private business competes with the military

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Russia is suffering from a record 2.3 million worker shortage.

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Putin's social media ban cost Russia's economy more than $4 billion last year

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an annual nationwide televised phone-in show in Moscow, Russia June 20, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
Russia has restricted access to some Western social media platforms, like Facebook and X.

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A surge of Russian demand has made China the world's biggest car exporter

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A security guard stands watch over high-end cars in China.
One of Xi's public displays of cracking down on corruption included seizing more than 100 high-end cars used by officials.

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Russia's trade with the US plummets to a 3-decade low while its commerce with China surges past $200 billion

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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