Russia’s War Economy Shows New Cracks

Russia’s War Economy Shows New Cracks After the Ruble Plunges
President Vladimir Putin said there isn’t any reason for Russians to panic after the currency fell to its lowest level since the days following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The ruble is down, the price of potatoes is up. But is Russia's economy really in trouble?
The lead story on the front page of Tuesday's edition of Moskovskij Komsomolets, a major state-run newspaper in Moscow, is the uproar over the rising price of potatoes.One lawmaker is calling on the country's prosecutor general to investigate the surging cost of this household staple,
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The Russian currency has hit a 32-month low against the U.S. dollar as the wartime economy faces another blow.
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Russia's economy under pressure as ruble weakens
Russia's currency has hit its weakest level since its invasion of Ukraine. The depreciation of the rubel comes after Washington sanctioned Gazprombank and challenges are mounting for Moscow to manage its war economy.
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The Russian currency has plummeted to its lowest level since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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The rouble has dramatically lost value, and Russians are worried about food prices and are now openly criticising Putin's officials. "We would like to see Russia descending into the abyss of an economic crisis,

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