highlights the drivers of Russia's recent investment boom. During 2022, the first year of the full-blown war in Ukraine …, investment growth was dominated by increased budget spending, war-related investment in construction of transport and warehouse … to firms funding investment out of pocket and manufacturing, particularly firms involved in war-related or resource …

The story of Russia's First World War remains largely unknown, neglected by historians who have been more interested in … the grand drama that unfolded in 1917. In Russia's First World War: A Social and Economic History Peter Gatrell shows that … war is itself 'revolutionary' - rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic …