With oil revenues recovering, Putin's key domestic challenge will be grappling with a stark labour shortage, aggravated by last year's military mobilisation and the emigration of hundreds of ...

Putin, who on Thursday said the economy was set to grow 3.5% this year, on Friday said he would run again, a move that could keep him in power until at least 2030.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is set to grow 3.5% this year, Putin said, up from a 2.1% contraction in 2022. In the longer term, both Russian and external forecasts envisage Russia's growth ...

WW3 fears as Vladimir Putin challenges West to ' high tech duel' as he boasts of mega Oreshnik weapon. Story by Jon King & John O'sullivan ... typically focuses on domestic issues.

Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture.

The Institute for the Study of War has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ignoring efforts to soften the economic pressure on Russia and workforce deficits in the country, instead ...

BERLIN — A quarter century after assuming power, President Vladimir Putin told Russians in his New Year’s Eve address Tuesday that the country was overcoming every challenge and moving forward.

ANALYSIS-Putin's economic challenges are numerous but surmountable as election looms ... Putin's key domestic challenge will be grappling with a stark labour shortage, ...

News; World; Putin says he saved Russia, but a year of challenges suggests Moscow’s position is precarious Dec. 31, 2024 Updated Tue., Dec. 31, 2024 at 10:01 p.m. Russian President Vladimir ...

Speaking on the 25th anniversary of his rule, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered an upbeat and vague New Year’s Eve message that did not address casualties in Ukraine or rising inflation at home.