Moscow, Nov 14, 2025 (AFP) - Russian economy barely grows in Q3 as war spending bites

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2025-11-14

Russian economic growth was close to zero in the third quarter, the state statistics agency said Friday, as the costs of the Ukraine war and Western sanctions start to bite. Bloated military spending had initially supported the Russian economy for two years after it sent troops to Ukraine. But it but also spurred inflation, which now weighs on growth, as the civilian sector struggles with high borrowing costs. "The gross domestic product (GDP) i......

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