Tortures in Russia Permitted by Law
The Russian penitentiary (penal) system is one of the most off-limits for society. What happens under control of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN of Russia) to prisoners in penal colonies,...
Archive for December 2019
December 2019
Spent Nuclear Fuel in Use
Rosatom has announced the launch of construction of a research molten-salt cooled reactor at the Zheleznogorsk mining and chemical plant. The process will take at least ten years. If successful, it...
Secret Service Reports
Rosgeologiya geological surveys have significantly increased deposits of gold in the Krasnoyarsk territory. As a minimum, there are two big deposits in the north of the region. Their reserves are...
Governor's KPI for Furgal: a Verdict or a Compliment?
The trendy concept of KPI has already crept into the most conservative industries. The Kremlin decided to keep pace with time and set key performance indicators for vice-governors. However, a scandal...
KrAZ Needs Buffer Area Badly
RUSAL’s scandalous public hearing was finally recognised as valid in Krasnoyarsk. The event that took place in Krasnoyarsk’s Sovetsky District Administration in mid-October developed into a scandal...
Putin and Medvedev’s Mysterious Train: Russians Look Inside
Offices and jets of top officials -- there is plenty of information about them, but today Russians have got a unique chance to look inside the special train used by President Vladimir Putin and Prime...
“You Need a Medical Checkup”: Russian Communists’ Leader Comes Down On The Government
“The liberals in the corridors of power are destroying the real economy sector,” said Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and deputy of the State Duma.
Stefan Dürr’s Milk Boiling Over
EkoNiva-APK, one of the Russia’s leading agricultural holding companies, has produced about 550,000 tons of milk in the first nine months of this year. The company's press service reported in...
How Many Columbines to Expect in Russian Schools?
A yet another tragedy related to teenage aggression, when a 19-year-old college student shot his classmates and then himself, has sunk into media oblivion ... until the next case in the same line. We...
Cyprus Strips Russian Businessmen of Citizenship
Several Russian business captains and their family members have lost Cypriot citizenship, which they received in exchange for investments in the Cypriot infrastructure. Among them, media reports...
How Is The Election of the Vladivostok’s Mayor Turning Out For Kozhemyako?
“Give Power to the People!” – this slogan helped the incumbent governor of the Primorsky (Maritime) territory to win election. Oleg Kozhemyako has promised voters to bring back the direct elections...