{
  "id": 4665909,
  "title": "Russia’s Economic Doomsayers Were Wrong. So Were the Optimists.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/russias-economic-doomsayers-were-wrong-so-were-the-optimists",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:32:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Moscow Times - Opinion",
    "slug": "the-moscow-times-opinion",
    "url": "https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/31/russias-economic-doomsayers-were-wrong-so-were-the-optimists-a93608"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Neither Kremlin loyalists nor independent analysts consistently saw what was coming. The question is what they make of what comes next.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}