(FILES) Cars slowly move along an embankment of the Moskva river past the Kremlin as a motorcade drives away, with the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters seen in distance, in central Moscow on November 21, 2023. Stubborn inflation, exorbitant borrowing costs, bankruptcy risks and a growth slowdown: the Russian economy is facing a slew of negative headlines, as the costs of the Ukraine war and Western sanctions mount. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)