Putin says Russia's defense products have a great price-to-quality ratio. We're not so sure.

Farmer protests rock Russia for the first time in ten years.

In 2026, a record number of Russian regions reduced healthcare spending amid the war in Ukraine.

Statistics from the four years of Russia's horrific War on Ukraine that deserve to be better known.

In over three years of full-scale invasion, the children of Russia's political elite amassed billions of rubles thanks to the country’s high-interest key rate.

The Russian Orthodox Church has seen a sharp increase in prices for things like baptisms, weddings, and funerals over the last few years.

Residents of one town are taking to the streets and writing letters to Putin, trying to keep pregnant women from having to travel to big cities to give birth.

In Russia's latest efforts to boost birthrates, St. Petersburg students who have children will be paid R200,000.

  Russian airlines are bringing old aircraft back into service due to a shortage of more modern options.

Thousands of Russian freight transport companies are facing liquidation or bankruptcy amid rising costs, falling demand, and tightening financial conditions. 

Behind its Potemkin façade of stability, the Russian economy faces some real threats in 2026.