
Putin acts like he doesn’t want peace. Russia’s economy depends on it
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with German Gref, the CEO of Russia’s largest Sberbank, in Moscow on July 29, 2025. Mikhail Metzel | Afp | Getty Images Russia’s beleaguered economy, with its slowing growth and widening budget deficit, could be one push-factor when it…