Economic analysts have long warned that years of wartime spending are putting Russia’s economy under pressure.

War is expensive, and when you wage a war of aggression, prompting some of the biggest economies in the world to then sanction your economy, it can really hurt. Last year, stories about a Russian ...

MOSCOW — With its economy spiraling toward recession following Western sanctions and a dramatic fall in the price of oil, Russia took another step Tuesday to shore up the value of the ruble, which has ...