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Does Russia’s economy have a China problem? PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. Our main story this week covers how Vladimir Putin’s trip to China laid bare Moscow’s reliance on Beijing. We also analyze growing calls for
Russia’s digital Gulag PRO Members Public
Hello! This week we look at Russia’s plans to significantly tighten control and surveillance on the internet through a spate of new laws, restrictions and punishments. Online crackdown looms Russia’s parliament has spent all summer passing a raft of prohibitive legislation to give the authorities more control and
Russia’s investment climate is still getting worse PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell. This week our top story is a look at what Exxon Mobil’s possible return to Russia, and charges against a billionaire food manufacturing tycoon, tell
Russia's fuel crisis PRO Members Public
Hello! This week we analyze Russia’s domestic fuel crisis, what it says about the war, the state of the economy and how it could affect peace negotiations. Ukrainian strikes hit Russians at the pump A new wave of Ukrainian long-range drone attacks on Russian oil refineries has triggered the
Could foreign investors flock back to Russia? PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week our main story is a look at whether foreign investors might return to Russia if Western sanctions were lifted. We also look at the
Fallout from the Alaska summit PRO Members Public
Hello! This week, as Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders meet Donald Trump in the White House, we analyze the fallout from the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and why it is seen in Moscow and beyond as a triumph for the Kremlin. The Alaska summit: No deal,
The state of Russia’s economy as Putin meets Trump PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. As Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in Alaska, we take stock of how the Russian economy is faring after three-and-a-half years of war, and the
The Alaska summit: Will Trump lift sanctions on Russia? PRO Members Public
Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week we preview the Putin-Trump summit, set for Friday in Alaska, and ask whether Russia could be on the brink of securing sanctions relief. We
Putin-Trump summit brings Ukraine ceasefire closer PRO Members Public
Negotiations about achieving peace in Ukraine have been upended. Unless there is a last-minute problem, Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week meet his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to discuss a plan to freeze the conflict. With Putin likely to demand guarantees that NATO will not expand, any deal
The fate of YouTube in Russia PRO Members Public
Hello! Our main story this week is how YouTube has fared in Russia in the year since authorities started blocking it — and what its future could be. We also pay tribute to Derk Sauer, one of the founding fathers of Russian independent media, who died last week, aged 72. Russia
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