Belovezh Accords: 30 Years After USSR Collapse
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Archive for December 2021
December 2021
Krasnoyarsk is Getting rid of Small Heat Sources
Krasnoyarsk is holding a course for eradicating small heat sources. The city has already closed 17 boilers this year alone. Their market share goes to the Siberian Generating Company.
Russians with Unreported COVID-19 Cases to get QR Codes
Russians will get QR codes if they have COVID-19 antibodies, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. “COVID-19 certificates will be issued to citizens who did not report catching the...
Another Chemical Leak in Krasnoyarsk Territory
A new environmental disaster occurred in the Krasnoyarsk territory. Tanks with hazardous chemicals leaked at a bankrupt polysilicone plant. After the liquidation procedure, the enterprise was put on...
Number of Wagner Group Mercenaries go Public
The total number of Wagner Group mercenaries, deployed in different countries around the world, might reach as many as 200,000 people, reports the Join-wagner website.
EU is Fighting Against Russian oil and gas Industry Under Cover of Sanctions Against Wagner Group
EU Foreign Ministers adopted a package of sanctions against Wagner Group during the meeting in Brussels on December 13. Sources report that the restrictions will affect four organizations and eight...
Sanctions as Manifestation of Feverish Russophobia
Sanctions, designed by representatives of the EU against the Wagner Group, are part of feverish Russophobia which is increasingly taking hold in the Western countries, says Andrei Koshkin, head of...
Libya's Head of High Council of State Living in Turkey is Spreading Fake News About Wagner Group
Anadolu Agency has spread a loud and ungrounded statement of Khaled al-Mishri, Chairman of the High Council of State of Libya that there are Wagner Group fighters in Libya.
Russia to Implement new Pension Payment Procedure
The Ministry of Labor has developed a new procedure for the payment of pensions from July 1, 2022 for those citizens who have the right to receive their pension savings in a lump sum. The payable...
Rosneft and Transneft Secrets
Vostok-Oil, a project to develop Rosneft's Payakhskoye field and to connect the Vankorskoye field to it in 2024, has been recently seeking the limelight in media. The plan is to construct an oil...
Sword Dance – Russian-Georgian Relations
A burnt shashlyk [a dish of skewered and grilled cubes of meat, similar to or synonymous with shish kebab] which evokes no appetite but pity to throw it away is what that comes to mind when one tries...
Potato Crisis in Russia
Potatoes might become a scarce product in Russia in 2022. Without production subsidies, shortages can only be compensated with imports. Drought, shrinking production at private subsidiary farms and a...
Expert Comments on al-Qaeda's Statement about Fighting the Russians in Africa
A manifesto of the terrorist organization Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), a branch of Al Qaeda* in the Maghreb and West Africa which is banned in Russia has been recently published in...
Blinken and Lavrov Meet Amid Tensions on Ukraine's Border
On December 2, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Stockholm, amid growing concerns among Western powers that Russia is seeking to invade Ukraine.
Modernized Strategic Bomber is Ready for Flight
Strategic air force is the most important component of Russia's nuclear shield. Tu-160MS [romanized: Belyj Lebeď, lit. 'White Swan'; NATO reporting name: Blackjack] and Tu-95 strategic bombers,...
Russian Oil and Gas Company Invites Partners to Safe Haven
Three foreign companies might join the Vostok Oil project focused on geological exploration, processing and sales of gas and oil. It is being implemented by Rosneft on the Taimyr Peninsula in the...
No More Crimes at ToAZ
Togliattiazot (ToAZ,) one of the largest chemical fertilizer producers in Russia, is finally not in the spotlight of the criminal chronicle. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders was held...
Cult of Russian Wagner Group Spreads in Africa, Says Expert
The author of the @bronenosP political and military telegram channel commented on the photos of soldiers of the Central African Republic (CAR,) wearing the uniform with the patches of the Russian...
Oryol Titanic
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered to complete the construction of the Oryol regional clinical hospital as soon as possible. He said he would monitor the progress and promised Oryol...
Femme Fatale of Coal King
The disputes over the inheritance of Dmitry Bosov, the founder of the coal company Sibanthracite who committed suicide last year, were broadly covered by the media but wek.ru conducted its own...