{
  "id": 1453019,
  "title": "The Bell: Russian state development corporation fires chief economist Andrei Klepach over remarks on Russia’s defeat in economic ‘war of attrition’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/the-bell-russian-state-development-corporation-fires-chief-economist",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:20:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/the-bell-russian-state-development-corporation-fires-chief-economist-andrei-klepach-over-remarks-on-russia-s-defeat-in-economic-war-of-attrition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia’s state development corporation VEB.RF fired its chief economist, Andrei Klepach, after quotes from a speech in which he said Russia cannot win the economic “war of attrition” circulated in the media.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}