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Russia’s war economy: Sanctions, structural cracks and the price of aggression
Russia’s economy is facing a deepening crisis as the mounting costs of war and international sanctions exacerbate longstanding structural weaknesses.

Nov 1, 2026 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, NEWSLETTER, WAR IN UKRAINE

By Oleksandr Levchenko The Russian authorities are seeking to offset problems in the fuel market...

The Alta Bank affair: Money, politics, and the power network from Belgrade to Skopje and beyond
Serbia’s overnight revocation of Alta Bank’s licence raises questions about politically connected capital, alleged transfers towards Skopje and Moscow, and the institutions responsible for overseeing a financial network stretching beyond Serbia.

Nov 1, 2026 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS, REGION

By Xhabir Deralla At 2:34 a.m. on 31 October 2026, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced...

Trump’s Diesel Deal with Putin: Economic Concessions to Moscow and Strategic Risks for Ukraine

Oct 18, 2026 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, NEWSLETTER, WAR IN UKRAINE

By Oleksandar Levchenko Washington seeks to use energy arrangements as a tool to end the war, but...

Deepening financial imbalances in Russia: Banks and regions increasingly finance the war

Sep 22, 2026 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, NEWSLETTER, WAR IN UKRAINE

By Oleksandar Levchenko Russia’s financial system is showing increasingly pronounced signs of...

Trump’s New Sanctions Against Lukoil, and CIVIL’s Questions Unanswered: North Macedonia Institutions Remain Silent

Oct 25, 2025 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, WAR IN UKRAINE

CIVIL Media once again urges Lukoil Macedonia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...

Halted Takeover Procedure of Stopanska Banka Bitola by Alta Group, Two Days After CIVIL’s Published Analysis

Aug 27, 2025 | ECONOMY, NEWSROOM, POLITICS

The Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia, by decision dated 19...

SERBIAN (BROTHERLY) WORLD: Will VMRO-DPMNE get its own bank?

Aug 26, 2025 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, NEWSROOM, OPINION

Serbian Alta Bank has announced its intention to fully take over Stopanska Banka Bitola. Following...

EBRD, EU and Japan support energy-saving investments in North Macedonia

Nov 21, 2024 | ECONOMY, GREEN, NEWSROOM

EBRD lends up to €4 million for onward lending to households in North Macedonia Loan seeks to...

Russia’s war economy and Western negligence: Peace and freedom between profit and bloody war

Oct 29, 2024 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, OPINION, WAR IN UKRAINE

By Xhabir Deralla We are witnessing the paradox between the unyielding resilience of the Russian...

Kovachevski: North Macedonia has the lowest VAT in the region

Oct 10, 2023 | ECONOMY, NEWSROOM

North Macedonia’s VAT of 18 percent is the lowest in the region and a 5-percent VAT is applied to as many as 1,600 basic consumer goods, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said in response to reporters’ questions...

First British Business Association in North Macedonia promoted

Sep 28, 2023 | ECONOMY, WORLD

The first British Business Association (BBA) in North Macedonia, which aims to promote trade...

G20 laments about “immense human suffering”, but didn’t see Russia’s criminal aggression against Ukraine

Sep 11, 2023 | ANALYSIS, ECONOMY, OPINION, WAR IN UKRAINE, WORLD

By XHABIR DERALLA / CIVIL MEDIA The Summit of the 20 biggest economies (G20) is an important...

Category: ECONOMY

Trump’s New Sanctions Against Lukoil, and CIVIL’s Questions Unanswered: North Macedonia Institutions Remain Silent

Halted Takeover Procedure of Stopanska Banka Bitola by Alta Group, Two Days After CIVIL’s Published Analysis

SERBIAN (BROTHERLY) WORLD: Will VMRO-DPMNE get its own bank?

EBRD, EU and Japan support energy-saving investments in North Macedonia

Russia’s war economy and Western negligence: Peace and freedom between profit and bloody war

Kovachevski: North Macedonia has the lowest VAT in the region

First British Business Association in North Macedonia promoted

G20 laments about “immense human suffering”, but didn’t see Russia’s criminal aggression against Ukraine

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