Over the last quarter century, the Russian economy has come through a roller coaster

Russia has ordered mass production of its T-80VM tank to replace the many T-72B3M and T-90M tanks lost in Ukraine

The first big ship carrying grain from a Ukrainian Black Sea (NYSE:) port has set sail since Moscow quit a deal in July to allow exports, a Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Friday, part of Kyiv’s campaign to break Russia’s de facto blockade.

Russia is considering imposing an additional tax tied to the rouble-dollar rate on exports of metals, fertilisers and some other commodities, sources in two major exporting companies told Reuters on Wednesday.

Exports of grain from Ukraine are ready to restart using a temporary corridor, with the first dry bulk carriers in place, a Ukrainian government official said Sept. 16, although doubts remain about the durability of such a deal