Russia is set to spend 6.3% of its GDP on defense this year — a post-Cold War high.

Ukraine’s Western allies have imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia since its full-scale war, but its economy has not crashed yet – why?

Confronted with heavy casualties in Ukraine and a wave of retirements, Russia is now struggling to find enough workers to keep its war economy running.

China covertly supplying drone engines to Russia despite sanctions, Reuters reports ・Von der Leyen urges China to press Putin to engage seriously in Ukraine-Russia peace talks ・Trump announces US-EU arms agreement including aid for Ukraine ・Russian glide bombs strike Kharkiv residential high-rise building,

Key Points – Russia’s wartime economy, focused on Ukraine, which has so far defied predictions of collapse, is now showing clear signs of strain and is “on the verge” of a recession ...

The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores increasingly close ties between the two countries, complicating China’s relationship with Europe.