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Elvira Nabiullina—the central banker who single-handedly saved the Russian ruble from total collapse—has vanished from the Kremlin's premium stages. After missing both the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and an emergency high-stakes interest rate meeting, unverified reports emerge that her elite security detail has been stripped. Is Russia’s top technocrat being quietly sidelin
Ukraine continues to isolate Crimea and the occupied territories by going after transport trucks, bridges, rail lines, ships, and port infrastructure. Russians in Crimea are panicking about being unable to buy gasoline as fuel shortages have begun spreading to Donetsk and Krasnodar. More Russians are speaking about worsening conditions in Russia and everyone is blaming Putin.
Crimea is facing its first major food shortages—a stark sign of what happens when the reality of a war economy finally catches up with the Kremlin’s flagship region. While state propaganda claims everything is under control, the empty shelves in Crimean stores reveal a completely different story. In today’s Weekly Economic Review, we break down the severe supply-chain stress, regional logistics br
Elvira Nabiullina, head of Russia's Central Bank, has suddenly disappeared from the official speakers' list at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), without explanation. It is the signature event of Putin's economy, yet the most important figure is a visual void.
In this explosive episode, I breaks through the official excuses to reveal the real...
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2026) appeared completely unremarkable on the surface—a heavily curated, scripted corporate show designed to project an illusion of stability. But Russia is a country ruled by absolute power, and the real game is never played in the open. It is played in the shadows, hidden behind drawn curtains and coded signals.
Ukraine is fully committed to isolating the peninsula of Crimea from Russian resupply and Ukraine is achieving this goal with their superior mid-range drone strikes. Russian military bloggers can only cry and complain how hopeless the situation is for their logistics. Putin secretly sent one of his oligarchs to Kyiv to deliver and receive a private message from Zelensky. Putin just blinked firs
