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How Russia saved the 2023 budget
Janis Kluge unpacks what a weakened rouble, persistent sanctions and oil price fluctuations will mean for Russia’s budgetary balancing
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Reading Russia’s war budget
Janis Kluge combs through the latest Russian finance ministry statistics to assess the true extent of Russia’s budgetary woes
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The Lisbon-Vladivostok illusion
Janis Kluge, Michael Richter on why from the Kremlin’s perspective, truly attempting economic integration with the EU means risking political instability