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  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    ‘Everything is gone’: Russian business hit hard by tech sanctions

    Export controls placed on supply of chips and hardware over Ukraine war dent economy’s prospects

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    Russian business hit by tech sanctions

    The US will provide Ukraine with longer-range rocket systems

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    NK Rosneft' OAO
    Rosneft to pay record dividend despite western sanctions

    Russian state oil group enjoys crude price boon even as production suffers

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    European leaders urge Putin to unblock Ukraine’s grain supplies

    Russian president says Moscow could end blockade of Odesa if sanctions are lifted

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Russia slashes rates in effort to cool rouble’s rapid ascent

    Currency rally shows sanctions over invasion of Ukraine are cutting the country from global trade

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Russia raises pension and minimum wage as inflation hits economy

    Putin admits to ‘difficulties’ but says not all are linked to the war in Ukraine

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    InterviewWar in Ukraine
    EU should seize Russian reserves to rebuild Ukraine, top diplomat says

    Josep Borrell tells FT he wants discussion about methods of ensuring ‘war compensations’ from Russia

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Global Economy
    EU plans to evict largest Russian lender from Swift but spare energy bank

    Doubts surface over decision to allow Gazprombank to remain on global payments system

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Russian central bank backs plan to merge second-largest lender

    Green light for tie-up of VTB with Otkritie and RNCB sign of looming consolidation and thwarted global ambitions

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    European economy
    Ukraine war derails eastern Europe’s growth prospects

    Think-tank says energy embargo would push most of region into recession

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    North Korea’s sanctions evasion points way for Russians to bypass the west

    Network of shell companies, spies, cyber criminals and Chinese banks helps keep Pyongyang regime afloat

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Explainer
    Russia reaps reward of domestic payment system after Visa and Mastercard withdraw

    Planning highlights risk for western powers that sanctions reorder the international payments landscape

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia plans to sue over frozen currency reserves, central bank says

    Western sanctions have cut off Moscow from nearly half of its foreign exchange holdings

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Sergei Guriev
    Putin’s dictatorship is now based on fear rather than spin

    The origins of the war in Ukraine lie in Russian economic stagnation, corruption and the president’s dwindling popularity

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast19 min listen
    “That was frightening as hell”: Ukrainian MP on working in a warzone

    Ukraine’s economy has suffered more than Russia’s, says Ukrainian politician

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    Oil and gas revenues give Russia’s economy $3.4bn cushion

    Yet Moscow downgraded to ‘selective default’ by S&P as it warns country is unlikely to honour foreign debt terms

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Russia cuts interest rates to 17% to support shrinking economy

    Central bank says inflationary pressures have eased and turns focus to boosting output

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Global trade
    Global trade falls 2.8% as Russia’s war in Ukraine hits container traffic

    Fall reflects sharp drop in port activity in both countries, with EU affected more than China or US

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Russia moves closer to default as Washington blocks debt payments through US banks

    JPMorgan declined to process two coupon payments due on Monday

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Ukraine war threatens to deepen Russia’s demographic crisis

    Conflict has forced skilled workers to flee, compounding the impact of low birth rates and pandemic deaths

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US insists sanctions are working despite rouble’s rebound

    Official points to skyrocketing Russian inflation and depreciated exchange rate on black market

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Russia steadies rouble with harsh capital controls and investment curbs

    Moscow has averted financial collapse by crimping the flow of funds out of the country

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Putin’s gas ploy may rebound on Russia

    Moscow is struggling to find counter-sanctions that do not harm its own economy

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin issues decree requesting ‘unfriendly’ countries pay for gas in roubles

    Russia’s president threatens supply disruption unless target nations comply

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Ukraine war and sanctions to shrink Russian economy by 10%

    EBRD says growth will be low for years but financial system has withstood sanctions shock

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