Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’

Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexander Kolyandr and Alexandra Prokopenko and brought to you by The Bell. This week we detail growing concerns about the health of the financial sector, and look at how the cumulative impact of sanctions is weighing on many parts of the economy. Banks under pressure from credit crisis The rise in the level of unpaid consumer loans at Russian banks is hard not to notice. The central bank has fueled worries by proposing stricter requirements on consumer loan applications. Is a crisis on the horizon? Source link

A new Russia-linked television station is set to launch its operations in Kyrgyzstan. There are fears that Russia could use the new media outlet as a tool for spreading its propaganda in Central Asia. Source link

Hello! Welcome to your weekly guide to the Russian economy, written by Alexandra Prokopenko and Alexander Kolyandr and brought to you by The Bell.  This week, we analyze how Russia’s economic slowdown is hitting harder, with worse still on the horizon, and look at Russia selling off its gold reserves. The slowdown accelerates Russia’s economy continues to cool. In Q3, GDP growth dipped to 0.6% and in Q4 could drop into negative territory. Even defense manufacturing failed to grow, probably because it is at the limit of its physical capacity. In 2026, the economy could move into long-term stagnation.…