Russian sanctions

Over the past year, dozens of types of drugs have disappeared from pharmacies in Russia.

Eighteen months into Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, Western-imposed sanctions are taking a toll on the daily lives of Russians.

Billions of dollars of Russia's oil sale profits are stuck in India, as Russia looks to move away from the world's dominant reserve currency.

The ruble slumped toward 100 per dollar on Wednesday, its weakest level in 16 months.

By April 2023, the Kremlin's budget deficit exceeded what authorities had planned for the entire year.

Russian doctors are reportedly having to travel overseas to get hands-on dissection experience with cadavers.

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said the Russian leader's lifestyle is affected by the war in Ukraine, which has made air travel risky for him.

A NATO minnow on the front line with Russia is urging allies to adopt an uncompromising strategy to strategically defeat Moscow.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a second year, so far there is one clear winner of the battle for crypto-based finance, and it's not Russia.

The Russian president chaired a meeting on economic issues via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.

Russia's president told the trade and industry minister to work on securing orders for civil and military aircraft within a month "and no later."

An oil price cap imposed by the G7 countries, in cohesion with the EU and Australia, is reportedly causing an economic pinch due to lack of export income.

Discussion of digital currencies is becoming more prominent in Russia as Western sanctions continue to bite, a Russian official said.

"The U.S. administration does not give up its close to insane efforts to expand its sanctions pressure on Russia," the Russian embassy in the U.S said.

Speculation about the Russian president's health has been widely circulated since the start of the war, alleging he suffers from cancer and other disorders.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that his country "will fight only when we have to defend our home, our land."

Vladimir Sungorkin was editor-in-chief of pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda, which has been described as the Russian president's "favorite paper."

Russian business outlet RBC reported sanctions have caused a shortage of packaging and manufacturing products.

Ben Hodges told Newsweek that "battlefield losses" and "the impact of sanctions" will make it harder for Moscow "to sustain things."

The actors are among 25 U.S. citizens who are now forbidden from entering the country.

Many Western companies are either paring back operations in Russia or leaving entirely. The costs have been high for business—and for Russia.

The state-run technology corporation Rostec is reportedly seeking funding to develop a Russian-produced game engine.

In April, the U.S. Treasury Department identified Katerina Tikhonova as one of Putin's daughters being sanctioned over the Ukraine war.

The Russian McDonald's substitute has warned it could take months before they can get fries back on the menu.

Multiple Russian officials have recently alluded to potentially reclaiming Alaska because of U.S. sanctions, a move discussed by Vladimir Putin in 2014.

His remarks come days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Belarusians not to allow Putin to drag their country into his war against Ukraine.

Russia has accused the West of trying to drive the country into an artificial default.

According to a recent report, Russia made nearly $100 billion in fossil fuel exports during the first 100 days of the war in Ukraine.

Former assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Monica Crowley, said Joe Biden and the Democrats were intentionally to destroy the U.S.

Russian oligarchs and business leaders will keep a low profile at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this year, hoping to avoid Western sanctions.