Russia

Despite sanctions, a brain drain, investor withdrawal, inflation, high interest rates, falling oil prices and reducing reserves, Vladimir Putin thinks Russia's economy is A-grade. Is it?

Ministers and army chiefs in Stockholm think the threat from Moscow should not be ignored and that the country should prepare for war.

Closure, airspace, sanctions, spare parts, subsidies, re-registrations, and re-routing woes plague carriers that used to fly over Russia. How has it affected their bottom line? Al Majalla explains.

China is still growing faster than the US, but economic parity will be much delayed

Although it's been 107-years since Rasputin's own death, he remains one of the most captivating and controversial figures of modern times

While Russia's war machine has suffered greatly, it has not collapsed. In fact, it is thriving and is making advances in some places.

Oil remains at the forefront of the wider impact of Israel's war on Gaza, but other implications will be felt for years to come, including currency factors.

The Ukraine war has shrunk Russia's ability to export weapons, but Western sanctions and Moscow's damaged global image have also made importers more reluctant to buy Russian arms.

The war in Gaza has given the Kremlin powerful grounds for accusing the West of double standards. This explains why President Vladimir Putin's rhetoric has changed to sound more anti-Israeli.

Workers in former Soviet states have long headed for work over the border, but migrants ending up in the army are now a deterrent and alongside lower wages, jobs are now on offer elsewhere