Russia’s coal industry has slipped into crisis under the weight of high borrowing costs and sanctions as slowing demand in ...

Dwindling coal exports could be a political headache for Putin, especially amid other bad news for the wartime economy, such ...

Two of Russia's biggest coal companies have posted huge losses as the country's key energy sector faces a severe crisis due to falling demand in Asia and Western sanctions over Moscow's full-scale ...

Russia’s economy is teetering on the brink of recession as the war in Ukraine continues to drain its resources. -Top Russian officials, including the head of the Central Bank, have issued rare public ...

China has abruptly turned its back on Putin's "friend".

Western sanctions and difficulties with exports to Asia have triggered a serious crisis in Russia's coal industry. Source: Ilya Seredyuk, Governor of Kemerovo Oblast, at a parliamentary meeting; The ...

GAS AND COAL: Europe has raced to fill part of the energy gap with liquefied natural gas, relying largely on imports from the US and Qatar — though some of those shipments are coming from Russia.

TASS/. Russia’s Energy Ministry expects the country and its coal sector to overcome the current crisis as early as next year, State Secretary, Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov said in an ...

Russia's huge spending in the sector is only set to grow, and in 2025, defense and security spending will account for over 8% of GDP and 40% of all government expenditures, Prokopenko said.. That ...

Over the past five years of war and pandemic, according to Rosstat, Russia’s population has decreased: by 1.43 million in 2021; by 600,000 in 2022; by 495,000 in 2023; by 596,000 in 2024.

US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia and the Trump-Putin phone call signal a possible negotiation for peace in Ukraine and new opportunities for the countries’ relations, including in the Arctic region.