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Russian economy will stagnate in 2023, Ukrainian will grow
Riga The sanctions imposed by the West are having a hard time on Russia’s economy – even if their effects are only slowly unfolding. This is the conclusion reached by…
Interview with development economist: “Russia’s economy is safe from sanctions”
Icebreaker Urals According to Beata Javorcik, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development expects Russia’s GDP to fall by three percent. (Photo: AP) Ms. Javorcik, the EBRD was founded in…
The reconstruction of Ukraine – a task of the century
Workers rebuild a destroyed house in Bucha On a small scale, the Ukrainians have already taken the reconstruction into their own hands. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf, Riga Shortly before it was…
A nation on the way west
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President is fighting with all means for the survival of his country. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Lviv White steam rises in the cold blue sky. It smells…
A nation on the way west
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President is fighting with all means for the survival of his country. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Lviv White steam rises in the cold blue sky. It smells…
Russia’s economy is threatened with collapse
Russian National Bank According to official figures, the Russian economy is doing better than expected, but a look at the details reveals abysses. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Berlin A bunker mentality has…
Russia’s economy is threatened with collapse
Russian National Bank According to official figures, the Russian economy is doing better than expected, but a look at the details reveals abysses. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Berlin A bunker mentality has…
Is Putin broke? Sergei Guriyev on Russia’s budget
Tattered picture of Vladimir Putin Russian industry cannot produce modern weapons. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the economy in an “unprecedentedly bad situation”: This is the…
Is Putin broke? Sergei Guriyev on Russia’s budget
Tattered picture of Vladimir Putin Russian industry cannot produce modern weapons. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the economy in an “unprecedentedly bad situation”: This is the…
The crisis hit Eastern Europe late but hard
Demonstrations in the Czech Republic Thousands of demonstrators gathered to protest against the government. Around a third of households in the Czech Republic have problems covering their monthly expenses. (Photo:…
That’s how hard the sanctions are hitting Putin’s economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin The IMF expects Russia’s gross domestic product to fall by 8.5 percent in the current year. (Photo: Reuters) Riga Sergei Belov, deputy chairman of the Russian…
„Russland wird zum Hinterhof der Weltwirtschaft“
Riga Stolz hält Sergei Belov, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der russischen Notenbank, den neuen 100-Rubel-Schein vergangene Woche in Moskau in die Kamera. Doch die frisch gedruckten Geldscheine mit den patriotischen Motiven werden…
In Serbia, Vladimir Putin is massively inflaming Europe
Vucic and Putin pin With his seesaw policy between Brussels, Moscow and Beijing, the increasingly autocratic ruling Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is destabilizing the Balkans. Will he become Moscow’s pawn?…
Is the country about to change power?
Gyor The opposition’s election campaign event in Gyor is over, but the big screen will remain in front of the Trianon memorial until Sunday, monitored by two security guards. The…
Russia is headed for its worst depression in a long time
Exchange offices in Russia Starting Friday, Putin will demand gas payments in rubles. (Photo: action press) Berlin, Brussels It’s an amazing comeback, at least on the face of it: the…
Russia pays interest on seven bonds – litmus test to come
Central Bank of Russia The payments are seen as another test of whether the government in Moscow can meet its international obligations and serve investors. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin According to…
Corona build-up program for a steady growth policy
The economic stimulus programs adopted by many countries during the Covid-19 pandemic to maintain demand and secure companies and jobs corresponded to the most violent step on the accelerator pedal…
Will Poland leave the EU?
Mateusz Morawiecki and Ursula von der Leyen Morawiecki threatened a possible Polish blockade of the entire EU climate protection package. Poznan, Bytow, Warsaw Loud blowers, drilling and sawing can be…
Will Poland leave the EU?
Mateusz Morawiecki and Ursula von der Leyen Morawiecki threatened a possible Polish blockade of the entire EU climate protection package. Poznan, Bytow, Warsaw Loud blowers, drilling and sawing can be…
Poland’s exit from the EU would be “even more disastrous than Brexit”
Berlin, Warsaw “Polish economy” was once a dirty word. In the meantime it has become the term for an extraordinary and almost unnoticed economic success: Poland’s GDP has more than…