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The Latest Breaking News from VEB

A Top Russian Economist Warned Of an Impending Social Crisis. He Was Fired.

Andrei Klepach said Russia can't win a prolonged war of attrition after more than four years of military conflict.

International Business Times

Russia fires top economist after warning over Ukraine war costs: ‘We are falling behind’

The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer

The Independent UK

Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy

Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’

The Guardian - UK

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I played communist Germany's only arcade cabinet and you can too, comrade

VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt is my dev to watch for 2026.

PC Gamer

Three Russians under sanctions own UK property via overseas entities

Alexander Frolov, Igor Shuvalov and Vladimir Potanin own properties via BVI, Cyprus and Russia

The Guardian - UK

Russian-born husband of Tory donor ‘earned millions via oligarch connections’

Vladimir Chernukhin’s wife, Lubov, has given Conservatives more than £2m

The Guardian - UK

EU Bars 7 Russian Banks from SWIFT, but Spares Those in Energy

The European Union said on Wednesday it was excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, but stopped short of including those handling energy payments, in the latest sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia's second-largest bank VTB, Bank Otrkitie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Bank Rossiya, Sovcombank and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine news - live: US imposes sanctions on Russia as ‘invasion’ is ‘flagrant violation of international law’

US sanctions will be imposed on Russia’s VEB, military bank, elites and their families

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