{
  "id": 1469635,
  "title": "Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/senior-russian-banker-fired-after-scathing-speech-on-wartime-economy",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:29:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/17/andrei-klepach-russian-banker-fired-warning-economy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’ Europe live – latest updates The chief economist at Russia’s second-largest bank has been fired after a series of critical comments about the state of the economy, including warnings that Moscow would not win a prolonged economic war with Ukraine. Andrei Klepach, who had served in the role at…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}