EconomySenior Russian banker fired after warning over wartime economy

Andrei Klepach, chief economist at state-controlled development bank VEB, was fired after criticizing Russia’s economic outlook and warning that Moscow could not win a prolonged economic war of attrition with Ukraine. He had said Russia was falling behind China, the US and, in some respects, Ukraine.

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