The UAE’s decision to leave OPEC is more than a technical dispute over production quotas. It is another sign that the old petrodollar order is fading — though not yet proof that a petroyuan era has arrived.
One might have thought that Zhirinovsky’s death would also erase the very logic of the LDPR’s existence — a party built around a single person. But in a system where symbols often matter more than institutions, death is not the end of a political career. It is its next phase.
According to Bloomberg, all nine economists surveyed expect the Bank of Russia to lower its key rate to 14.5% at Friday’s meeting.
Researchers from HSE University, together with EISI, a think tank close to the Kremlin’s domestic policy bloc, have published a report arguing that issues of national security and identity are moving to the forefront of the electoral agenda, alongside a demand for “normality” and concerns over the cost-of-living crisis.
Relations between Russia and China have cooled noticeably in recent months, despite both sides continuing to publicly affirm their strategic partnership.
In March 2026, Russia’s state statistics service, Rosstat, reported that the country’s poverty rate had fallen to a historic low of 6.7%, or 9.8 million people.
Despite recent volatility, the bank believes the long-term outlook for the precious metal remains strong.
Thus, the Supreme Court’s ruling is most likely not the end of the story, but the beginning of a long battle over the limits of presidential power in the economy.
Attacks on draft officers no longer look like isolated outbursts — they are becoming a symptom of the broader collapse of trust between the state and society.
