{
  "id": 1462247,
  "title": "VEB.RF fires chief economist after he predicts Russia will lose economic war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/veb-rf-fires-chief-economist-after-he-predicts-russia-will-lose",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/veb-rf-fires-chief-economist-after-warning-russia-could-lose-economic-war-50633261.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian state corporation VEB.RF fired longtime chief economist Andrey Klepach on Aug. 16 after remarks in which he predicted that Russia could not outlast the West in a prolonged economic conflict and would face a social crisis, two people who know him told The Bell.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}