Despite coal making up less than 0.5% of Russia's gross domestic product, it is responsible for over 15% of the country's electricity generation.

China has abruptly turned its back on Putin's "friend".

Russia’s economy is teetering on the brink of recession as the war in Ukraine continues to drain its resources. -Top Russian officials, including the head of the Central Bank, have issued rare public ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The Russian banking sector, once buoyed by record profits and wartime stimulus, is now showing growing signs of financial strain, leading some to ask if a crisis is looming?

Dwindling coal exports could be a political headache for Putin, especially amid other bad news for the wartime economy, such ...

The industry will eventually shift to growth, though the exact timing depends on companies themselves, Deputy Energy Minister Dmitry Islamov noted ...

The EU embargo on Russian coal and the resulting need to redirect its supplies to other markets have significantly exacerbated the problems faced by Russia’s coal sector, which is finding it ...

After three years of war, the Putin regime is increasingly unable to control its explosive social consequences, which have exacerbated the internal contradictions of Russian capitalism.

Ceasefire talks could be a catalyst for advancing cooperation in the Arctic, but the climate crisis should not be forgotten.

Western sanctions and shrinking export opportunities in Asia have triggered a severe crisis in Russia's coal industry, particularly in Kemerovo Oblast, the country's key coal-producing region, the ...

Details: The most affected coal mining area was Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass), Russia's main coal-producing region, which accounts for about 60% of total hard coal production and 80% of coking coal. Eight ...