Frontline report: Russia revives Soviet-era barter trade as oil revenues plunge and currency reserves dry up

 

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/02/frontline-report-2025-12-01-2/
 

The real question is whether or not the EU intends to commit financial suicide and steal Russian foreign reserve assets as "reparations".

 

 

Kremlin analysts publicly acknowledge deep problems in Russia’s banking system – CCD

Pro-Kremlin analysts are publicly acknowledging serious structural problems in Russia’s banking sector for the first time.

Ukrinform reports this with reference to the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD).

According to the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting, the volume of “bad” household loans has already reached 2.3 trillion rubles (approximately $27 billion), having increased 1.6 times in just nine months, the CCD notes.

 

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4067096-kremlin-analysts-publicly-acknowledge-deep-problems-in-russias-banking-system-ccd.html

 

 

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