{"id":306661,"date":"2026-02-23T22:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306661\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:30:12","slug":"russia-economy-meltdown-as-central-bank-boss-sends-huge-warning-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306661\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia economy meltdown as central bank boss sends huge warning | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head of <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Russia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russia&#8217;s<\/a> central bank has expressed grave concern for the country&#8217;s ailing economy, warning there could be &#8220;big problems&#8221; in &#8220;three or four months&#8221;. Ukrainian intelligence services obtained recordings of telephone conversations in which Elvira Nabiullina allegedly gave dire predictions about the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Russian economy meltdown as companies plunging into bankruptcy - \u00a368bn losses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2168562\/russian-economy-meltdown-companies-bankruptcy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stability of Russia&#8217;s financial system<\/a> over the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In condtradiction to official Kremlin propaganda, Nabiullina reportedly used &#8220;obscene language&#8221; against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/vladimir-putin\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> as she <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Russian economy meltdown as construction companies plunge into bankruptcy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2165895\/russian-economy-meltdown-construction-companies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warned of potential economic collapse<\/a>. This was uncovered by Ivan Us, Candidate of Economic Sciences and Associate Expert of Visergrad Insight, on the Pryamiy TV channel.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Nabiullina spoke in rather harsh tones, using obscene language, about Putin and said that three or four months would bring big problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He claimed top Russian officials are also using &#8220;obscene language in private conversations&#8221; about Putin&#8217;s actions as president and the effects they have on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>There are particular concerns over the cost of the war with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/ukraine\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine<\/a> and the sanctions imposed as a result, Us added.<\/p>\n<p>*** Ensure our latest news headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings. ***<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Defence Secretary John Healey met with his counterparts from Baltic and Nordic nations to discuss operational and legal methods of seizing the vessels in a bid to increase pressure on Russia&#8217;s war economy.<\/p>\n<p>The meetings are said to have taken place on the sidelines of this week&#8217;s Munich Security Conference as part of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a group of 10 nations committed to defending the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Hanno Pevkur, defence minister for Estonia, said the &#8220;atmosphere and understanding&#8221; of the talks was one of a need for proactivity.<\/p>\n<p>He told Bloombegrg: &#8220;The message is that the countries that give flags to the shadow fleet vessels need to know that there are measures that can be taken by other countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of Russia&#8217;s central bank has expressed grave concern for the country&#8217;s ailing economy, warning there could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,13579,85,46,1593,154191,2388,154192,2637],"class_list":{"0":"post-306661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-elvira-nabiullina","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-russia-economy","15":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","16":"tag-ukraine-war-sanctions","17":"tag-vladimir-putin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}