Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy

17 août 2026 | Pjotr Sauer
Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’ Europe live – latest updates The chief economist at Russia’s second-largest bank has been fired after a series of critical comments about the state of the economy, including warnings that (…)
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